Promoting the responsibility of the legal team in drafting documents for the 14th National Party Congress

The conference was chaired by comrades: Nguyen Thai Hoc, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organizations; Nguyen Khanh Ngoc, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Vietnam Lawyers Association; and Dao Ngoc Chuyen, Vice President of the Vietnam Bar Association .

Also attending the Conference were Comrade Tran Quoc Toan, Standing Member of the Editorial Team for the Documents of the 14th Party Congress; representatives from the Central Propaganda Department and the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization; members of the Standing Committee and Executive Committee of the Central Party Committee of the Vietnam Lawyers Association; and Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and Party Committee members of the Party Branches of the Vietnam Bar Association.

In his opening remarks, Comrade Dao Ngoc Chuyen, Vice President of the Vietnam Bar Association, affirmed: The 14th National Congress of the Party is a momentous political event for the entire Party, the entire people, and the entire army, with special significance in the process of national development. The draft documents presented to the Congress are the culmination of the wisdom, courage, and strategic vision of the Party, reflecting the aspirations of the Vietnamese nation to strive for " peace , independence, democracy, prosperity, civilization, and happiness." The conference was organized to promote democracy, wisdom, and responsibility among legal professionals and lawyers in perfecting the Party's major orientations.

For Vietnamese legal professionals and lawyers, soliciting opinions on draft documents to be submitted to the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is not only a political responsibility but also an opportunity for everyone to demonstrate their intellect, courage, and practical experience in the legal field, contributing valuable opinions on building a socialist rule of law state, judicial reform, perfecting the legal system, and strengthening socialist legality.

At the Conference, opinions focused on discussing and contributing wholeheartedly, objectively, scientifically , and with practical basis to the following contents: Draft Political Report of the 13th Central Committee of the Party at the 14th National Congress of the Party; Draft Action Program of the Central Committee of the Party to implement the Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Party; Draft Report summarizing some theoretical and practical issues on the socialist-oriented reform process in Vietnam over the past 40 years; Draft Report summarizing 15 years of implementing the Party Charter (2011–2025) and proposals and directions for supplementing and amending the Party Charter.

Mr. Le Phuc Hy, a Party member of the Community Legal Aid and Legal Counseling Center for Minors (Party Committee of the Vietnam Lawyers Association), stated: The political report provided a comprehensive assessment, highlighting the key achievements of the Congress term. While some shortcomings remain, our country has achieved very important and comprehensive results, with many bright spots. In particular, at the end of the 13th Party Congress term, the Party and State made many important strategic decisions that led to great success.

Mr. Hy pointed out that, in the key tasks and breakthroughs prioritized for implementation throughout the term, we see a lack of the issue of "Strengthening and promoting the power of national unity in protecting, building, and developing the country." The Action Program for implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Congress for the period 2026-2031 does not include this content in the section on key tasks. Mr. Hy argued that without national unity, there cannot be political and social stability, and this greatly affects many aspects of life. With the motto of "fighting early and from afar" on the ideological front, he proposed that the Central Committee and the Document Drafting Subcommittee consider including the issue of "Strengthening and promoting the power of national unity in protecting, building, and developing the country" as a key task in the Political Report as well as in the Action Program for the new term to be presented at the upcoming 14th National Congress.

Professor, Dr. Phan Trung Ly, former Chairman of the National Assembly 's Law Committee, stated that the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is a special event with decisive significance for the future development of the country. Among the main tasks and solutions mentioned in the draft, he is most interested in the group of tasks and solutions for improving institutions and the group of tasks and solutions for perfecting the socialist rule of law in Vietnam.

According to Professor and Doctor Phan Trung Ly, regarding the tasks and solutions for perfecting the legal system, it is necessary to identify bottlenecks in legislative thinking; innovate legislative thinking, development and constructive thinking; rule of law thinking and power control; and integration and digital transformation thinking. Innovating thinking and perfecting the law-making process is one of the pillars of building a rule of law state in Vietnam.

With a spirit of responsibility, democracy, science, and constructiveness, the Conference to provide feedback on the draft documents to be submitted to the 14th National Congress of the Party is expected to achieve many practical results, thereby promoting the role and responsibility of legal professionals in the process of drafting the Congress documents, and at the same time creating high consensus and unity throughout society on the eve of the 14th National Congress of the Party.

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