President chairs meeting on strategy for building and perfecting socialist rule-of-law state

Also attending the meeting were Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Phan Dinh Trac.

Speaking at the meeting,President Nguyen Xuan PhucThe President stated that the preparation of the Project "Strategy for building and perfecting the Socialist Rule of Law State of Vietnam until 2030, with a vision to 2045" is an important task set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress. The President highly appreciated the Central Internal Affairs Committee for working urgently, actively and responsibly to prepare the plan and list of documents to serve the Steering Committee for developing the Project.

The President said that when completed and implemented, the Project will be of great significance to the country's development, and therefore, it must demonstrate the Party's viewpoints and guidelines on perfecting the socialist rule-of-law state. The development of the Project's contents must have a scientific approach, a long-term vision until 2045, be innovative and consistent with development trends based on systematic research of the domestic and international situation.

President chairs meeting on strategy for building and perfecting socialist rule-of-law state

Along with that, the President also noted the need to thoroughly grasp Ho Chi Minh's thought on the rule of law state in Vietnam in the Project; affirming the viewpoint of a state of the people, by the people, for the people, with people's supervision, respecting the people's right to mastery and protecting human rights and civil rights. Ho Chi Minh's thought on the rule of law state must continue to be thoroughly grasped and consistent in the process of building and perfecting the socialist rule of law state in our country.

In addition to thoroughly grasping Ho Chi Minh's thought on building a rule-of-law state, the President also noted that the Project must also clearly demonstrate the Party's leadership in building and perfecting a rule-of-law state. In particular, in addition to assessing the practical situation, the Project must propose requirements, guiding viewpoints, specific and comprehensive tasks and solutions in building and perfecting a socialist rule-of-law state in Vietnam as well as the impacts of the Project on all aspects of the country when implemented, so as to ensure practical effectiveness.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc also requested the Central Internal Affairs Committee to continue adding necessary and appropriate topics to the draft Project. The development process needs to mobilize the intelligence of experts on reports and topics; organize workshops and conferences attracting the participation of experts nationwide to listen to comments. Along with that, it is necessary to establish an Editorial Team on the basis of selecting quality human resources; perfect the working regulations to ensure the Steering Committee's activities are tight and effective. The tasks must be clearly assigned, including to members of the Steering Committee, ensuring completion on schedule and with quality before submitting to the Politburo for comments.

Informing that at the end of June, the Steering Committee will hold its first meeting to give opinions on the "Plan to implement the development of the strategic project on building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law state of Vietnam until 2030 with a vision to 2045", the President requested the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee and relevant units to prepare well for assigned tasks and contents, ensuring that the Steering Committee's meeting is of high quality and efficiency.