VN and UK boost judiciary cooperation

Minister Cường said that the June 17-20 visit aimed at concretizing one of four cooperation contents stated in the Việt Nam-UK Joint Statement signed during PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s visit to the UK in early March 2008.
 The Minister said the visit helped lay a foundation for long-term cooperation between the two ministries and two countries’ legal agencies to enhance bilateral dialogues, share experiences in law building and judicial reform, and introduce legal building policies. The training of qualified lawyers for the development of Việt Nam’s market economy was also discussed.
 While in the UK , the Vietnamese delegation held talks with Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw and a number of senior officials of the Ministry of Justice, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Trade, Court and the Parliament of the UK .
 Both sides discussed and agreed to conduct negotiations for the signing of a treaty on mutual legal assistance in civil and commercial matters.