Vietnam attends Council of ASEAN Chief Justices meeting in Malaysia
VOV.VN - A delegation of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam led by Nguyen Hoa Binh, politburo member, secretary of the Party Central Committee, and chief justice, attended the 10th meeting of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) that opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 4.
In her opening address, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, chief justice of Malaysia, noted that after 10 years of establishment, CACJ has made great strides and recorded many important achievements. She expressed hope that CACJ would further strengthen information sharing in the judicial field in the coming period, to support the bloc’s ASEAN community building effort.
In a short interview granted to Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the gathering, chief justice Nguyen Hoa Binh said the CACJ meeting discussed future cooperation issues, including the application of information technology in court operations, the delivery of documents in civil disputes, and disputes relating to children. These are issues of public interest and high expertise, said Binh.
According to the chief justice, Vietnam has over the past 10 years played host to the CACJ meeting twice and introduced a number of important initiatives. Vietnam’s proposal to recognize the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices as a political entity has been highly appreciated and prescribed in the ASEAN Charter. Other initiatives on COVID-19 control during the height of the pandemic have been acknowledged by the council.
Binh said that Vietnam has proactively and actively taken concrete steps to administer the courts, improve the quality of court operations, and provide judicial services to the people. Digital services, including the delivery of documents and online trials, have recorded initial successes, and they were all shared at the 10th CACJ meeting.