NA Standing Committee meets

Hanoi (VNA) - The 13 th meeting of the National Assembly Standing
Committee opened in Hanoi on Oct. 6 under the chairmanship of NA
Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

The NA Standing Committee listened to and commented upon reports on 2008's
performance, presented by the Chief Judge of the Supreme People's Court and
the Director of the Supreme People's Procuracy and the Government's report
on the implementation of court decisions and the fight against crimes and
violations of the law in 2008.

According to the NA Judicial Committee's verification report, recorded
crimes and violations of the law increased this year, particularly serious
crime and new crimes. In addition, sharp increases in the prices of
essential commodities, complex developments in the financial, monetary and
real estate markets and the occurrence of natural disasters and epidemics in
many localities have had adverse impacts on socio-economic development and
security.

Judicial agencies have made great efforts to fulfill their duties,
detecting and punishing criminal acts and violations of the law, resolving
civil and administrative cases and implementing the courts' decisions.
Progress has been made in the areas of crime detection, investigation,
prosecution and bringing cases to trial.

The Chairman of the NA Defence and Security Committee Le Quang Binh and
many other members of the NA Standing Committee have urged judiciary
agencies and the government to carefully analyse factors underlying the
increased number of crimes in order to take more effective measures to
combat and prevent such violations of the law.

Chairman of the Council of Ethnic Minorities Ksor Phuoc, Chairman of the
Law Committee Nguyen Van Thuan, Chairman of the Ombudsman Committee Tran The
Vuong, and Chairman of the Committee for Social Affairs Truong Thi Mai
stressed the importance of crime prevention, saying that preventative
measures are by far the most effective measures.-Enditem