Addressing the forum, Vietnamese Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong suggested the forum use collective determination and intelligence to consider the most suitable direction, either joining the Hague Conventions or building ASEAN members’ own legal tools.
Participants focused their discussions on multilateral cooperation in international judicial assistance, law enforcement and mutual cooperation in civil and commercial matters within ASEAN, as well as
The Ministry of Justice hosted the forum in response to the country’s initiative at the sixth ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) held in
Through the forum, the ministry expects to gather and exchange ideas on judicial assistance in civil and commercial matters while compiling the nation’s initiative for the next ALAWMM.
