In a meeting with the group’s delegation led by chairman Le Thuc Anh on June 18, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed the need for the group to contribute to the country’s socio-economic development.

He stressed that the group’s recent establishment was a step towards tying up loose ends in the country’s legal system and improving the judiciary.

Party and State documents also confirmed that increasing the number of lawyers and improving their quality were the responsibility not only of individual lawyers but also of the Party and the State, he said.

Mr. Dung urged the federation to focus on more training and education courses for lawyers and he agreed to give financial support to create favourable conditions for the federation’s operation and development.

Lawyer Le Thuc Anh thanked the Party, State leaders and Prime Minister for creating favourable conditions for the federation to build its legal framework and activity orientation towards 2020.