Vietnamese Party official receives Chinese Minister of Justice

HÀ NỘI — Politburo member, Chairman of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Đình Trạch hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Friday for He Rong, member of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of Justice. He spoke highly of the cooperation results between the two Ministries of Justice and earlier talks between the two Ministers of Justice, especially directions and measures to foster legal and judicial collaboration. He spoke highly of the two sides' agreement to establish a judicial conference mechanism for provinces along the Việt Nam-China border. The Chinese Ministry of Justice is ready to work with the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs and relevant Vietnamese agencies to thoroughly realise the common perceptions and the signed cooperation agreements, aiming to achieve more positive and practical results in the bilateral legal and judicial cooperation, she said. The minister also underlined the need for increasing exchanges and cooperation in areas such as law-based national governance and building a socialist rule-of-law state.