Vietnam and Australia will bolster exchanges and support each other to improve professional capacity for lawyers from both sides under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF) and the Australian Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) in Sydney on September 27.
Canberra (VNA) – Vietnam and Australia will bolster exchanges andsupport each other to improve professional capacity for lawyers from both sidesunder a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the Vietnam Bar Federation(VBF) and the Australian Dispute Resolution Centre (ADRC) in Sydney onSeptember 27.
The two sides will work to enhance cooperation in various fields, includinginformation sharing, delegation exchanges, training in trade conciliation, andorganisation of conferences to better lawyers’ practice.
At the signing ceremony, VBF President Do Ngoc Thinh said that Vietnam wants tolearn experience from foreign lawyers as the country is integrating deeply intothe global and regional economy, increasing demand for lawyers with excellentexpertise.
Thinh laid stress on lawyers’ role in addressing commercial disputes, sayingthat professional training for lawyers in the field of conciliation isimportant, especially when trade conciliation is rather new in Vietnam.
He hoped that after the signing ceremony, both sides will carry out effectiveand practical cooperation programmes to enhance the position and roles of theirorganisations in the society.
Earlier, the VBF and the ADRC successfully co-organised several trainingcourses on trade mediation measures in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Dong Nai and BinhDuong. They gave an insight into methods of trade conciliation, and were laudedby Vietnamese lawyers.
Since its establishment in 2009, the VBF set up cooperative ties with manyinternational bar organisations, including those of Japan, Laos, Cambodia,Denmark, Sweden and Canada. In addition, it is currently a member of the LawAssociation for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) and the International BarAssociation (IBA).-VNA
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At the MoU signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
