Australia helps Vietnam improve its judicial system
A project to update the Vietnamese Judiciary’s Benchbook (phase II) was signed off in Hanoi on December 3 by the Australian ambassador to Vietnam Allaster Cox and standing deputy chief of justice of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Dang Quang Phuong.
The Australian government-funded assistance is to be chanelled via the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam (SPC) will act as the implementing agency and the Federal Court of Australia will act as a co-managing agency.
Under the terms of the project, the SPC will draft new sections of the Benchbook reflecting the recent significant legislative programme undertaken in Vietnam .
In addition, several existing chapters of the Benchbook will be revised, based on comments and suggestions made by the law community.
According to the Australian Embassy, the project is expected to be completed by October 2009. It will be the first Benchbook for Vietnamese judges.
Phase I of the project was carried out between 2004 and 2006 with a similar level of investment.
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