Sean Doyle, Ambassador and Head of the EU mission in Vietnam told the first meeting of the Partnership Committee in Hanoi on April 22 that clear policies and resolve will ensure the JPP success.

The European donors have contributed 18.7 million EUR to the programme’s total budget of 20.1 million EUR which is to run from 2010 to 2015.

The beneficiaries from JPP included the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and Vietnam’s Bar Federation, under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice. The move is also to support non-Governmental organizations’ initiatives on legal reforms.

Deputy Minister of Justice Hoang The Lien hailed Partnership Committee as an effective forum for the donors and the beneficiaries to ensure the effectiveness of the scheme.

The committee focused its discussions on the latest priorities in Vietnam’s judicial reform strategy for the 2010-2011 period and orientations for those agencies and organizations that participate in drawing up the action plan based on the strategy.

Co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Justice Hoang The Lien and Danish Ambassador Peter Lysholt, the Partnership Committee meets once annually.

VNA-VOV