President stresses need for improved judicial training

HA NOI (VNS)— President Truong Tan Sang emphasised the importance of judicial training reforms and the key role major law universities have to play in this task at the seventh meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Ha Noi yesterday.

Sang, who is also head of the committee, asked members to share their opinions on the matter and engage in lively discussion.

The members suggested mobilising resources in both Ha Noi and HCM City law universities so they can succeed in training well-qualified judicial officials for state agencies.

They also proprosed adjusting goals, measures, training scales, teaching staff, content and methodology in the reform process of training officials in these sectors to ensure its feasiblility, contributing to the success of judicial reform strategy.

Regarding the draft report submitted to the Politbureau on allocating the training and recruitment tasks for judicial and legal officials, the members said it is necessary to specifically assess the Judicial Institute's training activities for judges, procurators and lawyers. They also recommended close monitoring of the two schools which improve professional skills for officials of courts and procuracies.

The report should give forecasts on the recruitment needs of relevant agencies in this sector, they said.

Sang highlighted the importance of raising the quality of Ha Noi and HCM City's law universities' training activities, especially with regards to international law.

He also asked the two universities to update their teaching content, re-evaluate the quality of students and gauge the demands of judicial agencies to build suitable development strategies.

He said the strategy of judicial reform towards 2020 is consistent so that shortcomings can be adjusted to meet changing situations. — VNS