Proactively perform duties well to affirm the brand of the Lawyers Association

On December 11, in Tuyen Quang, the Emulation Cluster of the Lawyers Association of the Northern Mountainous Provinces held a conference to summarize the association's work and the emulation and reward movement in 2023; directions and tasks for 2024.

At the conference, delegates discussed and exchanged experiences and solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of the activities of the Provincial Lawyers Associations in the Emulation Cluster.

Accordingly, the delegates agreed with the Summary Report on the Association's work and emulation movement in 2023, the direction and tasks of the Association's work and emulation movement in 2023 of the Emulation Cluster of the Lawyers' Association of the Northern Mountainous Provinces; unanimously agreed that after the Politburo issued Directive No. 14-CT/TW dated July 1, 2022 on continuing to strengthen the Party's leadership over the Vietnam Lawyers' Association in the new situation, it has breathed new life into the Association, creating momentum for the Lawyers' Association at all levels.

Conference overview.

Local Party committees and authorities have proactively issued documents to implement Directive 14, creating favorable conditions for associations at all levels to carry out their work, especially in terms of operating mechanisms and funding.

On that basis, the Association at all levels and members of the Lawyers Association have promoted the spirit of initiative, creativity, active activities, and well performed the Association's tasks and emulation movements in 2023.

In addition, sharing about some difficulties in association work, many delegates said that the development of district-level association organizations still faces many difficulties due to the regulations in Decree No. 45/2010/ND-CP dated April 21, 2010 of the Government regulating the organization, operation and management of associations. In particular, many provincial associations still face difficulties in the issue of personnel and operating costs to organize and carry out their tasks.

Delegates also discussed many issues related to the completion of key personnel, preparation for the organization of the Congress of Delegates of the Bar Association at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of Delegates of the Vietnam Bar Association at the end of 2024, especially giving comments on documents and personnel preparation.

Speaking at the conference, Dr. Tran Cong Phan - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice President, General Secretary of the Vietnam Lawyers Association assessed that in 2023, the operating context of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Lawyers Association and all levels of the association will have many advantages, especially from the new momentum brought by Directive No. 14 of the Politburo.

On that basis, Dr. Tran Cong Phan acknowledged, commended and highly appreciated the Lawyers Association of the Northern mountainous provinces for promoting the spirit of solidarity, proactiveness, positivity, and striving to fulfill the plans and tasks set out. Each locality with its own characteristics in the association's work has its own unique features, contributing to the common achievements of the localities and the Vietnam Lawyers Association.

Dr. Tran Cong Phan - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice President, General Secretary of the Vietnam Lawyers Association gave a speech at the conference.

Sharing the difficulties in the operations of some provincial associations, Dr. Tran Cong Phan emphasized that the appreciation and trust of the Party and State for the Vietnam Lawyers Association, expressed through Directive No. 14 of the Politburo, is an important support and basis for associations at all levels to perform their tasks, including overcoming difficulties in operating costs, facilities, and human resources.

“Never before has the position, role and facilitation for the Lawyers Association at all levels been as important as it is now. After Directive No. 14 of the Politburo, the evaluation of the Party, State, Party committees and authorities for the Lawyers Association has grown, placing us in a more important position and assigning us more responsibilities. The assignment of tasks is linked to the allocation of funding and policy mechanisms, this is an advantage that we need to take advantage of,” the Vice President of the Lawyers Association affirmed.

Therefore, the Vice President of the Vietnam Lawyers Association requested that all levels of the association should take advantage of the opportunity, promote activities in many diverse forms, improve quality in a practical direction, closely follow actual requirements, focus on key tasks in which the Association has strengths; continue to build, consolidate, and perfect the organization of the Association at all levels and actively contribute to the building and perfecting of policies and laws of the Party and State.

“The achievements of the Lawyers Association at all levels are great, recognized and highly appreciated by the Party and the State, but if it is good, it must be better, if it is proactive, it must be more proactive, if it is positive, it must be more positive. “Good wine needs no bush”, we must first do our job well, prove our ability, role, brand and contributions, then we will naturally be interested and given favorable conditions to operate. So the question that needs to be raised is: What can we do? How can we contribute to the people and to the development of the locality”, Dr. Tran Cong Phan raised the question.

Therefore, the Vice President of the Vietnam Bar Association requested that all levels of the Bar Association and its members in the Northern mountainous provinces continue to promote the spirit of initiative and creativity, boldly propose to local Party committees and authorities on the implementation of tasks and work that can be undertaken as well as promptly remove difficulties and obstacles in operations in the spirit of "Proactively accepting work and completing that work well to affirm the brand of the Bar Association".

Regarding the direction of activities in the coming time, Dr. Tran Cong Phan emphasized that 2024 is the fifth year of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Vietnam Lawyers Association, a decisive year in striving to complete the targets and tasks set forth in the Resolution of the Congress.

Therefore, the Association at all levels needs to synchronously organize and implement all aspects of work, and at the same time, it is necessary to base on the situation and requirements of 2024 to build and effectively implement the Association's programs and action plans.

In addition to regular tasks, the Bar Association of the Northern mountainous provinces needs to actively prepare for the organization of the Congress of Bar Associations at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Vietnam Bar Association and towards the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Bar Association in 2025.

With the characteristics of the northern mountainous provinces, the Vice President of the Vietnam Lawyers Association said that provincial associations need to increase grassroots activities, promote legal consultancy and legal aid for organizations and individuals, especially in rural areas, policy beneficiaries, the poor, and ethnic minorities; participate in grassroots mediation, protect justice, protect the law, protect human rights, and the legitimate rights and interests of citizens; participate in coordinating the resolution of complaints, denunciations, and legal disputes...

At the Conference, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice President, General Secretary of the Vietnam Lawyers Association Tran Cong Phan presented the decision on recognizing the Head and Deputy Head of the Emulation Cluster of the Northern Mountainous Provinces Lawyers Association in 2024 to the Phu Tho Provincial Lawyers Association and Thai Nguyen Provincial Lawyers Association.

13 provinces in the Northern Mountainous Provinces Lawyers Association Emulation Cluster approved the content and signed the emulation covenant for 2024.

On this occasion, the Emulation Cluster of the Lawyers Association of the Northern Mountainous Provinces voted to propose that the Central Committee of the Vietnam Lawyers Association award emulation flags to two groups (the Lawyers Associations of Tuyen Quang and Lao Cai provinces), and propose to award certificates of merit from the President of the Vietnam Lawyers Association to groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in the association's work. At the same time, they agreed to launch an emulation movement and sign the Emulation Covenant for 2024 with the theme: "Solidarity, responsibility, proactiveness, creativity, striving to complete all assigned tasks well".