SMiC lawyers attended a seminar "Judicial systems of China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Russia and recommendations for Vietnam”

Participants were Mr. Nguyen Van Quyen - Chief Secretary, Deputy Chief of Central Office Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh - Member of the Secretariat, Deputy Director of Legal and judicial reform department, Central Office; Mr. Christophe Bahuet - Deputy National Director of UNDP Vietnam, representatives from law firms and lawyer's offices in Hanoi including SMiC Law Firm.

The seminar "Judicial systems of China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Russia and recommendations for Vietnam" is one of the specific activities of long-term strategies above. This is an opportunity for lawyers to exchange experience, supplement knowledge about the judicial system of international friends and the problems possibly applied to the practice of law in Vietnam. The seminar focused on issues such as judicial system and judicial reform; Criminal investigators and prosecutors / prosecution; Court systems; Execution of civil and criminal judgments; Lawyers and other legal services.

The judicial reform is a big policy particularly valued by the Party and State and often interested in leadership and direction. Following to Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW, on June 2, 2005, Ministry of Politics promulgated Resolution No. 49-NQ/TW on judicial reform strategy by 2020. This shows determination of the Party and State with the task of judicial reform. In the last time, the Judiciary's position has been confirmed and enhanced in the process of implementation of the Resolution No. 49-NQ/TW and 48-NQ/TW as well on the strategy of building and improving Vietnam’s legal systems by 2010 and orientation until 2020, in conformity with the requirements of building law-governed socialist state of Vietnam in terms of international integration.

In this context, SMiC Law Firm has also developed strongly. Its Board of Directors are always interested in creating favorable conditions for lawyers and consultants in the firm with practical impact conditions, experience inquiry and improving legal consultancy as well as foreign languages. Therefrom, it helps add several lawyers of young age, proficiency, capacity, high professional qualifications and foreign languages into Vietnam’s lawyer staff, also contributes to the development of human resources in the legal and judicial field, meeting the requirements of the process of international economic integration, expanding and strengthening international cooperation on law and justice.

(Source: SMiC)