Vietnam, RoK strengthen legal, judicial cooperation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long held talks with the Minister of Government Legislation of the Republic of Korea, Lee Wan Kyu in Hanoi on June 13.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long (front, left) and the Minister of Government Legislation of the Republic of Korea, Lee Wan Kyu, sign a letter of intent on cooperation in building a law information system in Vietnam for 2025-2029. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long held talks with the Minister o♕f Government Legislation of the Republic of Korea, Lee Wan Kyu in Hanoi on June 13.
Deputy PM Long reiterated that Vietnam treasures the comprehensive strategic partnership with the RoK and wants to enhance cooperation effectiveness across the board.
He said as Vietnam is working to build and perfect the socialist law-governed state, the country needs to expand cooperation and experience sharing with legal and judicial agencies of countries with rich experience and good practice, including the Ministry of Government Legislation of the RoK.
Long also noted that with the large numbers of Vietnamese residing in the RoK and Koreans in Vietnam, civil matters, marriage-family and trade relations, and more between the two countries are rising in quantity, resulting in the emergence of legal matters. For this reason, the two countries should promote legal and judicial cooperation so as to both ensure the rights and interests of their citizens and the foundation for their common development.
The Deputy PM appreciated the effective implementation of the 2012 MoU on cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and the RoK’s Ministry of Government Legislation. He suggested that the two ministries further increase specific cooperative activities such as law popularization in flexible forms, and coordinate and support each other in international organisations and at multilateral forums on legal matters.
Minister Lee expressed consensus with the proposals of the host, and pledged to promote cooperative activities to ensure the rights and interests of citizens of the two countries as well as meet the expectations of their leaders.
At the end of the talks, the two ministries signed a letter of intent on cooperation in building a law information system in Vietnam for 2025-2029./.
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