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Vietnam, Germany eye stronger legal, judicial cooperation

A working delegation from the Ministry of Justice led by Deputy Minister Mai Luong Khoi paid a working trip to Germany recently in the framework of Vietnam – Germany legal and judicial cooperation under the joint statement signed in 2008.
Vietnam, Germany eye stronger legal, judicial cooperation ảnh 1At the working session with Hessen state's Ministry of Justice (Photo: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – A working delegation from the Ministry of Justice ledby Deputy Minister Mai Luong Khoi paid a working trip to Germany recently in theframework of Vietnam – Germany legal and judicial cooperation under the joint statement signed in 2008.

At a working session with the Federal Ministry of Justice, Khoi and ParliamentaryState Secretary at the ministry Benjamin Strasser reviewed the cooperativeactivities between the legal and judicial partners of Vietnam and Germany underthe cooperative programme during 2022-2025.

Regarding the cooperative plan in 2024, the two ministries will join hands toroll out specific and effective activities, including enhancing capacity forlegal officials, judicial training and digital transformation in the field.

Strasser spoke highly of the achievements that both sides haveattained, and said his ministry will continue coordination with the Vietnameseside to fully carry out cooperative activities in 2024, and work with the GermanAcademic Exchange Service to support high-quality human resources training atthe German Law Centre established at the Hanoi University of Law.

Meanwhile, General Director of the German Foundation for International LegalCooperation (IRZ) Alexandra Albert affirmed continued support forthe Vietnamese ministry in learning international experience inrelevant areas.

Deputy Minister Khoi also had a meeting with Minister of Justice of Hessen State Christian Heinz, during which the two sides agreed to continue implementing their Memorandum of Understanding signed betweenthe two ministries in November 2022.

At the event, experts from the German side shared experience in building andcarrying out the state’s e-justice programme with the Vietnamese ministry.

At a working session with vice chairman of Hessen state parliament’s legal commission Frederick Bouffier, Khoi briefed the host on the cooperativeresults in the legal between Hessen and Vietnam.

Bouffier, for his part, affirmed legal cooperation is important,which contributed to the cooperation between the two countries.

President of the World University Service of Germany Kambiz Ghawami suggestedboth sides organise workshops to share experience of German and Hessen state inlaw enforcement and digital transformation in legal and judicial fields as thetwo countries are celebrating their 50th anniversary of diplomaticrelations in 2025.

During the trip, the Vietnamese Justice Ministry delegation also had working session with officials of the German FederalChamber of Notaries (Bnotk), the Federal association of German, Mitte district court and Wiesbaden district court, the VietnameseEmbassy in Berlin and the General Consulate in Frankfurt./.
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