Hanoi (VNA) 🐲– Politburo member and State President Vo VanThuong had a meeting with the Party’s civil affairs board and leaders of theSupreme People’s Court in Hanoi on March 27.

The numberof cases handled by courts at all levels has increased about 6% annually whilethe quality of courts’ judging and settlement of cases has also recordedprogress. The rate of the verdicts cancelled or amended due to subjectivecauses was low, under 1.5%, according to a report delivered at the meeting. The application of information technology to holdonline trials has helped save a large amount of money for the state budget andalso won high evaluation from the public, said Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary ofthe Party Central Committee. Applauding the court sector’s achievements, President Thuonghighlighted a high rate of cases settled, a gradual decrease in the rate ofcancelled or amended verdicts, improved quality of hearings, the timely andstringent settlement of economic and corruption cases, as well as the promotedIT application. However,he also pointed out some problems and noted that amid the increasinglycomplicated crime situation, including economic and corruption crimes, andsurging civil, business, trade, labour, and administrative disputes, courts’judging activities will become more complex while the tasks of building asocialist law-governed State and judicial reform require better effectivenessand quality of judicial activities. He asked the Party committees and leaders of all-level courtsto step up judicial reforms, ensure the independence of courts, and develop a professional,modern, impartial, stringent, and incorruptible judicial system that serves theFatherland and the people while protecting justice, human rights, citizens’rights, the socialist regime, the State’s interests, along with the rights andlegitimate interests of organisations and individuals. The leader requested improved judgment of cases,especially those monitored by the Central Steering Committee for Corruptionand Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control, and those infringing nationalsecurity. Each verdict or decision by courts must help strictlymaintain discipline, create a healthy social, production and businessenvironment, and protect the Party, State, people, and regime, he went on,adding that it must also be deeply imbued with the Party’s viewpoints and thenation’s ethical and humane values. PresidentThuong also underlined the need to continue improving the quality of courtpersonnel; deal with those committing law violations or showing degradation inpolitical thought, ethics or lifestyle; boost IT application; supply convenientjudicial services for citizens; and guarantee transparency of courts’activities./.