Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long attends the 38th LawAsia Annual Conference

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long speaks at the opening session.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long speaks at the opening session.

This is the most important activity of LawAsia every year. The 38th LawAsia Conference has the theme “Transactions in Asia -Pacific : Legal, Cultural and Environmental Challenges”. The Conference is also a place to connect lawyers and associations for the noble goals of the legal profession in serving the community.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long emphasized that the 38th LawAsia Conference is an important event, an opportunity for the community of lawyers, attorneys, and legal experts in the Asia- Pacific region to share experiences and join hands to build a transparent, accessible, and stable legal environment, promoting common prosperity.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, Vietnam has identified one of the key tasks as continuing to build and perfect the Vietnamese socialist rule-of-law state; taking people as the center, subject, goal, driving force, and resource for development; ensuring human rights, citizen rights, promoting democracy, the rule of law, and international integration.

With that spirit, Vietnam has issued and implemented breakthrough policies in many fields such as science and technology development, private economy, health care, education, etc. In particular, Resolution No. 27 on continuing to build and perfect the socialist rule-of-law state and Resolution No. 66 on innovating the work of building and enforcing laws have proposed many historic solutions to comprehensively innovate the work of building and enforcing laws, continuing the process of building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law state of Vietnam.

At the same time, Vietnam pledges to strongly support multilateralism and the core values of the United Nations, respect international law and the United Nations Charter; and proactively participate in making substantial contributions to maintaining regional and international peace and stability.

The world situation is forecast to change rapidly and very complicatedly, bringing opportunities and advantages but also posing many difficulties and challenges. The principle of the rule of law and multilateral cooperation is both a solution to protect peace and stability and promote inclusive growth. Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long emphasized that the tasks placed on the shoulders of jurists, lawyers and legal experts are very heavy.

The Deputy Prime Minister suggested that bar associations, legal scientists, jurists, lawyers, judges and practitioners continue to coordinate closely and cooperate more effectively within the framework of LawAsia and other international organizations to contribute to addressing global legal issues.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted the need to build a legal foundation for artificial intelligence (AI), digital technology and cross-border data; perfect international law on climate change and international legal responsibility; strengthen cyber security and international law on digital space; build a suitable legal framework on international migration, refugees and human rights; strengthen international law on the sea and common resources of humanity; and promote regional and international cooperation in the fight against transnational crime and international terrorism.

At this year's Conference, Vietnam proposed two topics: "Consolidating the foundation of peace, cooperation and development in the East Sea region on the basis of international law" and "The role of law in preserving the diversity and uniqueness of indigenous cultures in the context of globalization".

Accordingly, Vietnam affirms its determination and perseverance in the struggle to protect its sovereignty and legitimate and legal interests at sea; proactively and actively resolve and handle disputes and disagreements at sea by peaceful means on the basis of international law, especially the 1982 UNCLOS. At the same time, Vietnam focuses on preserving, conserving and promoting the rich and diverse cultural identity of the nation in the process of deep international integration.

"We hope and believe that the results of this Conference will spread strongly to the legal communities of LawAsia member countries, and be realized into specific recommendations for countries to improve policies and laws, promote international cooperation, join hands to solve global legal issues, promote a fair world, comply with the United Nations Charter and the rule of law," Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long expressed.

HUONG NGUYEN

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