The talks between officials of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam and the Hungarian Prosecution Service (Photo: VNA) Budapest (VNA) –A delegation of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam has paid a working visitto Hungary during which they held talks with Hungarian agencies, agreeing tostep up cooperation in specialised training and applying IT in legalprocedures.
The delegation, led by Chief Justice Nguyen HoaBinh, met with leaders of the Hungarian Prosecution Service, the NationalOffice for the Judiciary and the Ministry of Human Resources.
During talks with Prosecutor General of HungaryPeter Polt, Binh affirmed that the two countries have carried out severalcooperation programmes in the field of prosecution. Since 2013, the Hanoi-basedProcuratorate University has sent five students to study law in Hungary.
Polt agreed with Binh’s proposal on creatingmore favourable conditions for Vietnamese students who study law in the countryto practice at local prosecution agencies.
He added the Hungarian Prosecution Service is readyto share its experience with the specialist staff of Vietnam in areas thatHungary is strong in like anti-economic, cyber and securities crimes.
The two sides also discussed security measuresin using IT in legal procedures and trials.
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Chief Justice Binh also held talks withPresident Hando Tunde of the National Office for the Judiciary, an independentministry-level agency specialising in ensuring the funding, infrastructure andmanpower training for Hungary’s court system.
He asked Tunde to support Hungary’s assistancefor the Vietnam Court Academy in building a contingent of judges meetinginternational standards.
The Hungarian official promised that theNational Office for the Judiciary will create conditions for Vietnamesestudents to practice in local courts. It also welcomes the Hungarian Ministryof Human Resources’ helping Vietnamese court workers to study in the country.
At a meeting with Zita Horvath, Deputy StateSecretary for Higher Education at the Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources,Binh lauded the Hungarian Government’s look east policy, which allocates 45million EUR for human resources training for Asian countries, includingVietnam.
He asked the ministry to expand the training ofbachelors of law and give five of the 200 scholarships it gives to Vietnam eachyear to the court sector. He also applauded his host’s proposal to boostcooperation between Vietnamese and Hungarian universities.-VNA
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