Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the working session to review coordination between the Government and the Supreme People’s Court on April 18 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a working session between leaders ofthe Government, ministries and sectors and leaders of the Supreme People’sCourt (SPC) in Hanoi on April 18 to review their coordination in performing thefunctions, tasks and power of each agency.
According to a report at the meeting, thecoordination between the Government and the SPC has been enhanced in variousspheres such as making socio-economic development plans, disseminating laws,and settling criminal and civil cases.
SPC Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh asked the PMand the Government to assist upgrading infrastructure of the court system sothat it is suitable for handling each type of cases, especially marriage andfamily cases, and in line with new legal regulations.
He noted more than 40 percent of 499,000 casesthat courts at all levels handle each year are marriage and family cases.However, the court system is facing numerous difficulties in arrangingcourtrooms in conformity with judicial reform, Binh added.
At the session, PM Phuc said courts are thecentre of judicial reform, and in fact, activities of courts at all levels havebeen improved, thus promoting their transparency, publicity, fairness andadherence to law. The court sector has greatly contributed to overallachievements of the country, he stressed.
The PM also applauded the collaboration betweenthe court sector and the Government in implementing verdicts on civil cases,making laws, instructing law enforcement, fighting crimes, and settlingprolonged complaint and denunciation cases.
The Cabinet leader affirmed that the Governmenthas continually created favourable conditions for judicial agencies to carryout the Politburo’s Resolution 49 on the strategy for judicial reform until2020.
Regarding cooperation in the time ahead, heasked the Government and the SPC to strengthen ties in judicial staff training,upgrading infrastructure, and applying IT to implement the single-window modelin the court sector.-VNA
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