
Paris (VNA) - Chief Justice of the Supreme People’sCourt Nguyen Hoa Binh is making a visit to France between May 15 and 19 todiscuss bilateral judicial ties and attend the 20th International JudicialConference in Paris.
While in France, Binh and the Supreme People’s Courtdelegation visited the French national school for judiciary (ENM) to reviewcooperation between the court and the ENM in the past five years.
They expressed pleasure at the effective collaboration, underwhich the ENM has trained Vietnamese judges and court personnel and sentexperts to Vietnam to share experience.
The school also established ties with other Vietnameseagencies including the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’sProcuracy and the Vietnam Bar Federation.
At the meeting, ENM Director Olivier Leurent and viceprincipal of the Vietnam Court Academy Nguyen Minh Su signed a cooperationagreement on judicial training.
The delegation had separated meetings with Justice Jean-PaulJean of the France Court of Cassation, President of the Tribunal de GrandeInstance de Paris Jean Michelle Hayat, and Stéphane Verclytte, SecretaryGeneral of the France Ministry of Justice.
The delegation also visited the French Ministry of Justice’soffice of juvenile justice to learn about local practices in protectingchildren’s rights, and educating and punishing juvenile delinquents.
A highlight of the Vietnamese delegates’ activities inFrance was the 20th International Judicial Conference, which runs in Paris fromMay 17 to 19 and attracts 100 participants from 33 countries worldwide.
Vietnam brought to the biennial event a study on judgetraining and the development of judicial training facilities in Vietnam.-VNA