Some judicial reforms in Vietnam to develop an independent judiciary

Building and perfecting the socialist rule of law state in Vietnam including judicial reform are the key tasks of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. To successfully implement the Party's Resolution, it is necessary to accelerate the judicial reform and promote achievements, overcome limitations, difficulties and inadequacies to enhance the country’s judiciary towards the global judicial system. The judicial reform is the inevitable path to achieve the goals and requirements set out by the Party, to meet the expectations of people and to achieve the ultimate goal of building a professional, modern, fair, strict and integrity judiciary that serves the Fatherland and the people. This paper provides an overview of the judicial reform strategy’s achievements in the spirit of Resolution No. 49 - NQ/TW dated June 2nd, 2005 of the Politburo on the judicial reform strategy. The paper also analyzes some judicial reforms in Vietnam in the coming time.