General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong has stressed the need for courts at all levels to speed up judicial reform and improve the quality of judgment to minimise inaccurate verdicts and overlooking criminals.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong (sixth from left) takes photo with delegates at the teleconference (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnamand President Nguyen Phu Trong has stressed the need for courts at all levelsto speed up judicial reform and improve the quality of judgment to minimise inaccurateverdicts and overlooking criminals.
Addressing the courtsector’s teleconference on January 14 to review the implementation of its tasksin 2018 and since the beginning of the 2016-2020 tenure, as well as put forwardmain missions for the coming time, Trong hailed the sector’s efforts to carryout the Party and State’s resolutions on judicial reform.
Courts at all levelshave actively participated in the fight against corruption, with many majorcases brought to light, said Trong, who is also head of the Central SteeringCommittee for Judicial Reform.
He requested that thesector focus resources on Party building and the building of a civilized andprogressive judicial system.
The cause of renewal,international integration, and sustainable national development is entering anew, but more complicated stage, posing a heavier task for Vietnamese courts.
The building of astrong and transparent court system is the responsibility of not only courts,but also the Party and State, he added.
He acknowledged the courts’recommendations related to human resources, infrastructure, and policies, andpledged to assign authorised offices to resolve such issues.
Since the beginning ofthe 2016-2020 tenure, courts at all levels handled nearly 1.38 million out of1.44 million cases received, or 95.9 percent. The rate of cases cancelled orrevised due to court subjectivity decreased year after year, from 1.3 percentin 2016 to 1.2 percent in 2017 and 1.14 percent in 2018, thus meeting thetarget set by the National Assembly. –VNA
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong (sixth from left) takes photo with delegates at the teleconference (Source: VNA) 
