On the afternoon of March 25, 2024, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice, Minister Le Thanh Long and Deputy Minister Nguyen Khanh Ngoc had a meeting with Comrade Hung Ba - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Vietnam. Also attending the meeting, on the side of the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice, there were the leaders of the International Cooperation, International Law and Ministry Office units; on the side of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, there were Comrade Consul Vuong Quan, Head of the Political Department Quach Tan Thuy and a number of counselors and attachés of the Embassy.
At the reception, Minister Le Thanh Long expressed his delight at the strong development of the friendly and cooperative relationship between Vietnam and China in a practical and effective manner with outstanding achievements in the fields of politics, defense - security, economy, culture - society. In the field of law and justice, Minister Le Thanh Long thanked the Ambassador and the staff of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam for their proactive attention and active support for the Ministry of Justice in promoting and signing the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam and the Ministry of Justice of China during the visit to China by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from October 31 to November 1, 2022 and the Cooperation Program for 2024-2025 between the two Ministries of Justice during the visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping from December 12 to 13, 2023. In particular, cooperation in the field of law and justice between Vietnam and China has taken a big step forward when this content was officially recognized as one of the key areas of cooperation in the Vietnam-China Joint Statements in 2022 and 2023 during the State visits of the above-mentioned key leaders of the two sides.
Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Vietnam Hung Ba - Bringing Vietnam-China legal and judicial cooperation to a new level. On this occasion, Minister Le Thanh Long also hoped that the Ambassador and the staff of the Chinese Embassy would pay more attention and continue to support the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice in implementing legal and judicial cooperation activities according to the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding and the 2024-2025 Cooperation Program signed between the two Ministries of Justice; promote the effective implementation of the 1998 Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters between Vietnam and China; and strengthen bilateral legal and judicial cooperation not only at the central level but also at the local level, especially in the localities in the Vietnam-China border areas.
Ambassador Hung Ba spoke at the reception. Agreeing with the opinions of Minister Le Thanh Long, Ambassador Hung Ba affirmed that the cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam and China with two documents signed in the past two years has contributed positively to the success in consolidating the special friendship between the two countries. With the goal of promoting the construction of a socialist rule-of-law state in both countries, Ambassador Hung Ba emphasized the importance of legal and judicial cooperation in the overall comprehensive cooperation relationship between the two Parties, two States, two Governments and the people of the two countries. The Ambassador also reaffirmed that he will continue to actively coordinate with the Ministry of Justice in particular, and the legal and judicial agencies of Vietnam in general, to implement legal and judicial cooperation between the two sides, worthy of its position as a key area of cooperation, contributing to the continuous development of the special traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China as President Ho Chi Minh once instructed:
"The intimate love between Vietnam and China
Both comrades and brothers.
Delegates from both sides took a souvenir photo. Department of International Cooperation - Ministry of Justice Portal
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