State leader chairs meeting on building key legal training institutions
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired a meeting discussing the building of several key legal training institutions on April 28.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is head of theCentral Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired a meetingdiscussing the building of several key legal training institutions on April 28.
The meeting assessed the results of implementing the PrimeMinister’s Decisions on a project to build the Hanoi Law University and Ho ChiMinh City Law University into key educational institutions for training legalofficers and a project to turn the Academy of Justice into a major trainingcentre for judicial positions.
Addressing the event, President Phuc stressed that publicunits, including schools and hospitals, play an extremely important role innational developments.
He spoke highly of efforts made by the universities andacademy to carry out the two projects, reflected through the improvement in theirtraining scale and quality.
Phuc emphasised the need to continue increasingthe training quality to meet higher requirements, especially in the context ofinternational integration and the occurrence of international lawsuits andconflicts.
He affirmed that the State always pays attention tosupporting the units, and require localities to help them in issues related tothe ground and resources.
In order to become the country’s key units in training legalofficers and judicial positions, the institutions must exert more efforts with agreater determination and the spirit of daring to think and daring to do andproactively proposing necessary mechanisms, policies and measures, he added./.
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
