Strengthening and enhancing cooperation between Vietnam and China in the field of law and justice

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chinese Minister of Justice Ha Vinh. (Photo: TRAN HAI)

At the reception, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the significance and results of the first visit to Vietnam by a Chinese Minister of Justice, especially the content of the talks with the Vietnamese Minister of Justice, contributing to concretizing the agreements reached by the two countries' senior leaders, especially during the official visit to China by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from October 30 to November 1, 2022 and the State visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping in December 2023, continuing to deepen and elevate the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, building a community of shared future between Vietnam and China of strategic significance, bringing the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries into a new stage.

On this occasion, through Minister Ha Vinh, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent greetings and best wishes from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and key Vietnamese leaders to General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and key Chinese leaders. The Prime Minister congratulated China on the important achievements it has made in recent times.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Minister Ha Vinh were pleased to note that in recent years, the friendly neighborly relationship and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China have maintained a positive development trend and achieved many important results; they assessed that the two sides' issuance of the "Joint Statement on continuing to deepen and elevate the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and building a Vietnam-China Community of Shared Future has strategic significance" as a major historical milestone, an important orientation and driving force to bring the relationship between the two Parties and two countries into a new historical period, developing healthily, stably and long-term.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Minister Ha Vinh both emphasized the importance of consolidating and enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the fields of law and justice, especially in the context that both countries are promoting the building of a socialist rule-of-law state.

Minister Ha Vinh said that during this visit, he witnessed Vietnam's great achievements in rapid socio-economic development, the joy and happiness of its people; and highly appreciated Vietnam's rich achievements in building a socialist rule-of-law state.

Expressing his belief that the relationship between the two countries will develop increasingly well, the Minister informed the results of his visit and work with Vietnamese ministries, branches and agencies, thereby continuing to contribute to the implementation of the agreements reached by the two countries' senior leaders.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh informed about Vietnam's outstanding achievements in nearly 40 years of renovation, the fundamental factors and basic development guidelines of the country; affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to developing a stable, healthy, sustainable and long-term relationship with China as a consistent and continuous policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority in Vietnam's overall foreign policy.

According to the Prime Minister, the Vietnamese Government always pays attention to, supports and creates conditions for promoting legal and judicial cooperation between the two Ministries and Justice sectors of Vietnam and China.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministries of Justice of the two countries to effectively implement the signed Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation, continue to promote practical, effective and in-depth cooperation activities in the coming time, with higher political trust, closer cooperation, more experience sharing, better management and administration efficiency, review the work done to promote more substantive cooperation; in which, focusing on the fields of building and perfecting the rule of law state, building and perfecting the law; promoting cooperation in training high-quality human resources; cooperating in judicial assistance according to bilateral and multilateral international treaties to which the two countries are members...

The Prime Minister proposed promoting judicial cooperation between localities of the two countries, especially those in border areas; highly appreciated the preparation for the organization of the first Judicial Conference of Border Provinces in China in 2025.

Minister Ha Vinh highly agreed with the opinions of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and affirmed that he will continue to promote cooperation activities with the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice to be increasingly substantive and effective according to the agreements reached by the two countries' senior leaders, including the contents that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh commented on.

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