Under the project, the Centre will be responsible for providing, receiving and updating judicial records, managing judicial records databases and the governing of judicial records at the national level.

Do Thi Thuy Lan from the MOJ said as judicial records are now kept at different agencies and organisations, the establishment of the centre will be time-consuming.

In addition, judicial records are important not only for procedural activities but also serve basic human rights, she said, adding that this requires accuracy in dealing with information.

Together with the Law on Judicial Records which took effect in July 2010, the establishment of the centre is expected to benefit people through the simplification of judicial procedures.

According to the MOJ, the National Centre for Judicial Records is very important for society’s functioning as well as human resource management.