(VOVworld)- Vietnamese and Russian supreme courts agreed to strengthen bilateral ties as a result of talks between their leaders in Hanoi on February 29.

Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Truong Hoa Binh (R) and President of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev (L) (Source: VNA)

Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Truong Hoa Binh and President of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev vowed all possible support for local-level courts of Vietnam and Russia to establish twinning ties, firstly between the courts of Hanoi and Moscow. The Russian National University of Justice will assist the Vietnam Justice Academy in enrollment, tertiary and post-tertiary syllabi building and intensive training. It will also offer annual courses on commerce and intellectual property to Vietnamese judges. On the occasion, Lebedev presented the Medal of the Supreme Court of Russia, first class, to Chief Judge Binh in honour of his contributions to ties between the two courts.