Mr Dung also praised the lawyers’ contributions to the nation’s revolutionary cause and socio-economic development while he addressed a dialogue held in Hanoi on December 8.

He said that Vietnam now lacks a mechanism for lawyers to help build complete legal systems and that the lawmaking process needs feedback from people as well as lawyers who have practical experiences in the field.

The Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Justice and the Vietnam Lawyers Federation to work together on a set of statutes that pave a legal corridor for the country’s lawyers to assist the legislation.

He emphasized the need to ‘renovate’ the course books and curricula for training lawyers with the aim of churning out 20,000 lawyers by 2020, who are capable of meeting the country’s international integration.

The government leader told the lawyers that the implementation of the Complaint and Denunciation Law has exposed problems, especially those related to citizens. Therefore, he said, the government is going on with the building of a separate law for administrative complaints and an administrative procedural law in order to ensure legitimate rights for citizens.

Mr Dung and other participants discussed issues such as Vietnamese lawyers’ capacity in international proceedings, management of the lawyers’ profession, and policies for those practising in remote and disadvantaged areas.