On 20th May, 2025, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thai, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam, received the Delegation of the People's Procuratorate of Beijing City, China, led by Mr. Huang Baoyue, Chief Procurator of the third branch of the Municipal People's Procuratorate of Beijing City, China, in their working visit to Viet Nam.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Thai, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam received Mr. Huang Baoyue,
Chief Procurator of the third branch of the Municipal People's Procuratorate of Beijing City, China
Attending the reception were Mr. Dao Thinh Cuong, Chief Prosecutor the People's Procuracy of Hanoi city; Mr. Nguyen Van Minh, Deputy Director of the Department of Personnel of the Supreme People's Procuracy; Mr. Hoang Minh Thanh, Deputy Director of Department of Administration and Affair of the Supreme People's Procuracy; Ms. Bui Thi Hong Anh, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the People's Procuracy of Hanoi city.
Speaking at the reception, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thai, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam, expressed his pleasure to welcome the Delegation of the People's Procuratorate of Beijing city, China to visit Viet Nam; at the same time, he affirmed that Viet Nam and China are two socialist neighboring countries with a long-standing traditional relationship of cooperation. In recent years, the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries has been continuously strengthened and developed. The top leaders of the two countries regularly meet, interact and exchange views.
This is a very favorable premise for the Procuracy and Procuratorate of the two countries to continue strengthen and expand cooperation in all fields. The Supreme People's Procuracy of the two countries signed the first Cooperation Agreement in 2000; revised and supplemented twice in 2012 and 2017, so far it has been exactly 25 years. Currently, this Cooperation Agreement and the Treaty on mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People’s Republic of China signed in 1998 are the two most basic and important cooperation documents for the People's Procuracy of Viet Nam and the People’s Procuratorate of China to carry out bilateral cooperation activities in the fight against crime.
Overview of the reception
Over the past 25 years of development, the cooperative relation between the People's Procuracy of Viet Nam and the People’s Procuratorate of China has been developed very strongly, becoming increasingly profound and practical. The two sides regularly organize delegation exchanges at all levels from central to local to exchange information, share work experiences; and build, maintain and contribute to the development of many important cooperation mechanisms such as the Conference of People's Procuracies of provinces sharing the Viet Nam - China border; the Conference of Prosecutors General of ASEAN countries and China...
In February 2025, the Prosecutors General of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam. Mr. Nguyen Huy Tien paid an official visit in China and had a very important meeting with Mr. Ying Yong, Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China. The Prosecutor General of the two countries discussed and agreed on many important contents and directions for cooperation between the two sides in 2025 and the following years. In the immediate future, this July, the two sides will organize a cultural and sports exchange in Guangxi to respond to the Viet Nam - China Humanitarian Exchange Year 2025. In the long term, in the coming years, the two sides will strengthen cooperation and exchange experiences in digital transformation and especially experiences in the field of public interest prosecution.
Regarding the field of Public Interest Prosecution, Base on the research about the experience of Chinese People's Procuratorate on the public interest litigation procuratorial system, the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam was assigned to conduct research on 02 Projects: (1) “Research and improvement of legal regulations on initiating civil lawsuits in cases the subject of civil rights is vulnerable group or in cases related to public interests but there is no one to initiate a lawsuit”, and (2) “Research and development of a mechanism for initiating administrative lawsuits so the Court can make judgments in cases state management agencies do not implement the law properly, causing damage to public interests or State interests”.
Delegates take souvenir photos
Regarding the Project on initiating civil lawsuits, the competent authority has listened to the report of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam and approved it, and at the same time assigned the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam develop a Resolution of the National Assembly to pilot implementation in a number of provinces and cities. At the recent meeting between the two Prosecutor General of both countries, Mr. Ying Yong agreed that in the coming time, the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China will support the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam to prepare for the pilot implementation in 3 ways: first, sending a delegation of experts to Viet Nam to share China’s experiences; then, inviting a delegation of the People's Procuracy of Viet Nam, including provinces expected to pilot implementation, to study about public interest litigation in China; finally, providing relevant documents and precedents for the Vietnamese side to refer to.
In addition to central-level cooperation activities, local People’s Procuracies of Viet Nam and People’s Procuratorates of China have also established cooperative relations and organized delegations to visit and exchange experiences in prosecution work. Appreciating the purpose and significance of this working trip of the delegation of the People's Procuratorate of Beijing city, China; Deputy Prosecutor General Nguyen Duc Thai believes that in the coming time, the friendly cooperation between the Procuracy of Viet Nam and the Procuratorate of China will increasingly develop, achieving many practical results; thereby deepening the good traditional friendship between Viet Nam and China.
Speaking at the reception, Chief Procurator Huang Baoyue of the third branch of the Municipal People's Procuratorate of Beijing City, China, thanked the leaders of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Viet Nam for their warm welcome to the delegation; at the same time, he reported on the results of their work with the People's Procuracy of Hoan Kiem district of Hanoi city that took place earlier. Chief Procurator Huang Baoyue hoped that in the coming time, the Procuracies and Procuratorates of the two countries will continue to strengthen cooperation activities and keep exchange delegations; thereby contributing to consolidating and strengthening the traditional and friendly cooperation between Viet Nam and China.