State President hails role of lawyers and jurists
                    
                     03/06/2008
                    
                
                
                    Lawyers and jurists play an increasingly important role in the country’s judicial and administrative reforms as well as its integration process, as Vietnam is an official member of the World Trade Organisation, stressed State President Nguyen Minh Triet.
                    
                 
             
            
            
            
            
            
            
                
                
                    
                        State President pushes for judicial reform
                    
                     27/07/2007
                    
                
                
                    The Central Steering Board for Judicial Reform convened its 15th session in Hanoi on August 28 to discuss the establishment of a national lawyers’ organisation and regional courts of first instance, the reduction of death penalties, and review the implementation of a Politburo resolution on judicial reform
                    
                 
             
            
            
                
                
                    
                        German Law Centre opens to promote int'l standards 
                    
                
                
                    HA NOI — The German Law Centre at the Ha Noi University of Law formally opened yesterday to help boost the professional skills of Vietnamese lawyers, officials and scholars to international standards.
                    
                 
             
            
            
                
                          
                          
                
                    
                        NA offers to share legislative experience with Palestinians 
                    
                
                
                    HA NOI — Viet Nam's National Assembly is ready to share experience in law drafting and supervision with Palestine's legislative body, NA chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said in a meeting with President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.