Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh (R) and Japanese Minister of Justice Takashi Yamashita (Photo: VNA)Tokyo (VNA) – Chief Justice of theSupreme People’s Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh had working sessions withChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan Naoto Otani and Japanese Ministerof Justice Takashi Yamashita during his working trip to Japan from March 3-9.
At the meeting with Naoto Otani, Binh pokehighly of the Japanese supreme court’s cooperation with the Vietnamese side inlaw-building.
Vietnam has learned much from Japan’s experiencein building and finalising the civil law, the penal code, and the criminalprocedure code, he said, adding that it has shaped Vietnam’s compiling of the lawon conciliation and dialogues at court, and law on negotiations.
He noted that the court will submit the draftlaw on conciliation and dialogue at court to the National Assembly fordiscussion in October 2019, and it is expected to be passed in May 2020.
The court is scheduled to host an internationalworkshop on April 12 to assess the draft law and share experience in the field,Binh said.
Naoto Otani hoped that the two sides wouldpromote cooperation in the time ahead.
While working with Minister of Justice TakashiYamashita, Binh highly appreciated the coordination of Japan in the field,which has made significant contributions to judicial reform in Vietnam.
In 2013, Vietnam’s revised constitution wasadopted while a number of bills were amended to conform to the Constitution,such as the criminal code and the criminal procedure code.
Japanese experts supported Vietnam in thebuilding of these bills, he said.
Takashi Yamashita hoped the two countries’relations will continue thriving, especially in the field of justice.
Through the programmes of the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA), Japan has sent chief judges to Vietnam to exchangeexperience, he said.
The Vietnamese delegation is also scheduled tohave working sessions with the Tokyo Court and Tokyo Family Court during theirvisit. –VNA
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