Vietnamese Party official receives Chinese Minister of Justice

Politburo member, Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 19 for He Rong, member of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of Justice.
Vietnamese Party official receives Chinese Minister of Justice ảnh 1Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac (R) and Chinese Minister of Justice He Rong. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Politburo member, Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trachosted a reception in Hanoi on April 19 for He Rong, member of the Political andLegal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of Justice.

Trac, who is also Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, welcomed the Chinese delegation’s visit to Vietnam with the aim of promptlyconcretising common perceptions reached by the General Secretaries of the CPV and CPC andcontents related to legal and judicial cooperation outlined in theVietnam-China Joint Statements in 2022 and 2023.

He spoke highly of the cooperation resultsbetween the two Ministries of Justice and earlier talks between the two Ministers of Justice,especially directions and measures to foster legal and judicial collaboration.

Vietnam always attaches importance to fosteringand developing the Vietnam-China relationship, and stays ready to work with Chinato uphold the new height of the bilateral ties, and translate the high-level commonperceptions, joint statements and cooperationdocuments signed by the two sides into concrete action, including those in thefields of justice and law.

The host suggested both sides increase thesharing of researchresults and practical experiences in building a socialistrule-of-law state, judicial reform, corruption prevention and control, powercontrol, and combating group interest in lawmaking to serve the causes of thetwo Parties and countries. He spoke highly of the two sides' agreement toestablish a judicial conference mechanism for provinces along theVietnam-China border.

He Rong, who is also a member of the CPC Central Committee, agreed with Vietnam’s proposals, notingthat enhancing cooperation between the two justice ministries and in the fieldsof judicial and legal affairs is an important aspect of the bilateral ties, especially after the two sides consented to continue deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership between the two countries, and building a Vietnam-Chinacommunity with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

The Chinese Ministry of Justice is ready towork with the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs andrelevant Vietnamese agencies to thoroughly realise the common perceptions and thesigned cooperation agreements, aiming to achieve more positive and practical results in the bilateral legal and judicial cooperation, she said.

The minister also underlined the need for increasing exchanges and cooperation in areas such as law-based national governance and buildinga socialist rule-of-law state./.
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