In his speech, he requested the sector improve quality and speed up the settlement of cases, avoid unjust judgments and miss out criminals.The President suggested that the Supreme People’s Court should build its image of being friendly, close and helpful to the people; protecting justice, human and citizen rights, socialism, State interests, and legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organisations. On the occasion, the State leader praised the court sector for working closely with agencies concerned to thoroughly and cautiously consider cases that went on trial years ago and claimed innocence, some of them have been justified, thus ensuring legitimate rights and interests of citizens. The court reported that a number of cases were prosecuted promptly and strictly last year. From October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017, courts nationwide dealt with 438,625 cases, equivalent to 89.3 percent of the total. The number of cases being handled and already handled rose by 8.3 percent and 6.1 percent, respectively. The number of cancelled and revised verdicts accounted for 1.3 percent, meeting the National Assembly’s requirement. Progress was also seen in the settlement of civil and administrative cases. Up to 53.3 percent of civil cases were mediated successfully.
Deputies raised a number of questions concerning the measures required to improve the quality of judicial work and the settlement of economic corruption cases, at the Q&A session of the ongoing fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 18. Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh taking the floor to answer the lawmakers’ queries (Photo: VGP) Taking the floor to answer the lawmakers’ queries, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh stressed the need to comply with the regulations stipulated in the new criminal procedure code in the three stages of…... [read more]
An overview of the Q&A session of the ongoing fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly (Photo VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputies raised anumber of questions about measures to improve the quality of judicial work andthe settlement of economic corruption cases at the Q&A session of theongoing fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi onNovember 18.Taking the floor to answer lawmakers’ queries, ChiefJustice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh stressed the need tocomply with regulations stipulated in the new criminal procedure code in threestages of investigation, prosecution and judgement.The Supreme People’s Court has issued standardprocedures for the building…... [read more]
HÀ NỘI — Deputies raised questions about measures to improve the quality of judicial work and the settlement of economic corruption cases at the Q&A session of the ongoing fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hà Nội on Saturday. Taking the floor to answer lawmakers’ queries, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyễn Hoà Bình stressed the need to comply with regulations stipulated in the new criminal procedure code throughout the three stages of investigation, prosecution and issuing judgement. The Supreme People’s Court has issued standard procedures for the establishing of precedents and planned to create a…... [read more]
NDO—Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong called for expedited trials for major corruption cases when he chaired a meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption on October 1.He said the committee had agreed to bring six economic corruption cases to trial in the remainder of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.Since the meeting of the committee on April 18, many anti-corruption measures have been implemented, such as stricter supervision and closer coordination between central and provincial prosecuting agencies in investigating corruption cases.The committee praised the efforts of relevant agencies in trying the corruption case related to Pham Cong…... [read more]
South Korean prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on Wednesday for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, in a corruption case that led to the ouster of the nation’s president earlier this year.They made their demand in the Seoul High Court which is hearing an appeal by Lee against a five-year jail term handed out to him in August by a lower court in the case that has gripped the country.The 49-year-old billionaire heir to South Korea’s Samsung Group was convicted by the lower court of bribing the country’s former president Park Geun-hye. Besides Lee, who has been in…... [read more]
