Reporting to Justice Minister about changes that the Department of Civil Judgment Enforcement has gained during the stage 2007-2010, Mr Nguyen Van Luc, Director of department of civil judgement enforcement, said that this was the stage when the civil judgement enforcement has gained positive changes as well as notable results. The department has settled 171 thousand cases and collected VND 7.224 billion. The number of remaining cases has decreased annually, from 54.333 cases in 2006 to 35.764 cases in 2010. The department has also coordinated with relating agencies to solve difficulties during the process of judgement enforcement. However, the Director acknowledged difficulties and shortcomings of the department such as the complicated situation of denunciation and complaint settlement, the low application of information technology in judgment enforcement …

Minister Ha Hung Cuong highly hailed the significant achievements of the department. He also emphasized that department’s staff needed to make more efforts to reduce the number of remaining judgements to the lowest level.

Minister Ha Hung Cuong then visited Ministry’s representative office in Hochiminh city. At the working session, Mr Nguyen Thai Phuc, Director of Ministry’s Representative Office said that 2010 was the year when the Representative Office has gained positive results in various fields such as: recruiting new staff, receiving citizens, recommending opinions to draft reports of the People’s Committee, enhancing the international cooperation… The Representative Office also helped to expand the relations and influences of Justice Ministry to the local authorities, representatives of other Ministries and sectors in Hochiminh city, the local departments of justice and civil judgment enforcement.

Justice Minister was glad to see that the representative office has implemented lots of tasks corresponding to its position. He emphasized that the representative office had to improve its competence, position and image not only in the sector but also to citizens. The representative office is the agency that helps Ministry of Justice settle the denunciation and complaints as well as listen to citizens’ expectation and thinking…/-ITD