Conference rewiewing the implementation of legal aid law

14/12/2011
Conference rewiewing the implementation of legal aid law
Ministry of Justice on December12 held a preliminary meeting to review the five-year implementation of the legal aid law and plan for the implementation of strategy on legal aid in Vietnam through 2020 with a vision to 2030.
Attending the meeting were leaders from Justice Ministry, representatives from the Party Central Committee Office, National Assembly’s Office, the National Assembly’s Justice Committee, the Central Judicial Reform Steering Committe, the State President’s Office, the Government Office, related ministries and agencies;

Ms Ta Thi Minh Ly- Director of Legal Aid Department presented a report briefly reviewing the five-year implementation of the legal aid law  and its guiding documents.

Conference participants acknowledged the role of legal aid in the social life and results of the implementation of the legal aid law. They also proposed recommendations to improve the legal aid quality and activities in the whole country.
Addressing at the conference, Minister Ha Hung Cuong affirmed that legal aid was a major policy of the Party and State. He emphasized it really needs more powerful solutions to further improve the quality of legal aid, ensuring stability and sustainability of legal aid work...

The conference took place in 2 days from December 12 to 13, 2011./.-ITD