State President Truong Tan Sang lauded the achievements of the SupremePeople’s Procuracy while attending a ceremony to mark the sector’s 55 thfounding anniversary in Hanoi on July 23.

Heasked the sector to continue realising the 2013 Constitution, thePolitburo’s resolution on judicial reform until 2020 and the NationalAssembly’s resolution on the prevention and control of law violationsand crime activities of People’s Procuracies and the courts and duringthe judgment execution.

The President urged thesector to focus on building and completing the Criminal Procedure Codewhile showing stronger engagement in building other relevant laws.

Meanwhile, the sector should further expand international cooperation,improve staff capacity and act as a coordination centre for judicialsupport activities.

According to Prosecutor GeneralNguyen Hoa Binh, over the past 55 years, the procuracy sector has madesignificant contributions to the prevention and combat of crime and lawviolation, ensuring peaceful life for the people and creating healthyenvironment for socio-economic development.

So far, the judicial system has been organised in four levels with over 15,000 officials, he said.

Over the past years, the sector has applied a number of measures toenhance its performance, he said, adding that the four levels haveeffectively supervised the settlement of civil, administrative, economicand labour cases as well as the execution of judgment in criminal andcivil cases.

The sector has also detected and investigated cases of corruption in judicial activities, he said.

During the ceremony, President Truong Tan Sang also presented theIndependence Order, first class, to the sector. Meanwhile, Deputy PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also titled the People’s Procuracies ofnorthern Quang Ninh province and Hanoi with Labour Hero.-VNA