Press Release
  
Administrative Review and Judicial Appeal Study Mission
Denver, Colorado, Washington DC, and New York City, New York
July 27 to August 6, 2005
Enterprise Law and Investment Law Study Mission
Washington DC, Dover & Wilmington, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts
July 30 to August 6, 2005
Pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Agency for International
Development
02 August 2005 (Washington, DC): The U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council
- Education Forum and STAR-Vietnam, are pleased to be conducting two study
missions to support Vietnam's efforts to comply with commitments under
the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and requirements for
membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). These study missions
are made possible through the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) in cooperation with Vietnam's Office of the Government under the
program for implementation of the BTA and support for WTO accession.
The Administrative Review and Judicial Appeal Study Mission will focus
on issues concerning the latest draft amendments and supplements to the
Law on Complaints and Denunciations and the Ordinance on Settling Administrative
Cases, while the Enterprise Law Study Mission will focus on outstanding
issues concerning the latest draft of the Unified Enterprise Law which
are all scheduled to be considered and promulgated at the 8th Session
of the Vietnamese National Assembly this October.
Led by Mr. Tran The Vuong, Senior Vice Chairman of the Law Committee
of the National Assembly, the ten-person delegation participating in the
Administrative Review and Judicial Appeal Study Mission are studying the
appeal, review and correction of administrative actions and decisions
in the United States. The study tour includes seven full programming days,
including two days in Denver, Colorado, four days in Washington, DC and
one day in New York City. Delegates are meeting with representatives of
the federal and State courts, agencies, institutions, legal professionals
and private enterprises participating in or overseeing the various appeal
systems and/or review processes in the US.
The Enterprise Law and Investment Law Study Mission includes six Vietnamese
officials involved in drafting or reviewing the new Unified Enterprise
Law and/or the Common Investment Law. Led by Dr. Dinh Van An, President
of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), the study tour
includes five full programming days in the U.S. - one day in Washington,
DC, two days in Dover and Wilmington, Delaware and two days in Boston,
Massachusetts. Delegates are meeting with State and federal agencies and
organizations involved in drafting, implementing and/or enforcing company
law in the United States, organizations that review enterprise laws with
key trading partners, as well as representatives of U.S. companies with
operations in the U.S. and overseas.
The U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council has worked on economic and political normalization
between the two countries since 1989. Its educational affiliate, the U.S.-Vietnam
Trade Council Education Forum, has since 1997 helped to provide technical
assistance to Vietnam on issues relating to the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral
Trade Agreement, WTO Accession, and international global integration.
For additional information, please contact the Trade Council or visit
our website at:www.usvtc.org.
STAR-Vietnam is an USAID-funded project working in Vietnam to support
the implementation of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement and Vietnam's
accession to the World Trade Organization.
Administrative Review and Judicial Appeal Study Mission Delegates:
- Mr. Tran The Vuong Senior Vice Chairman of the Law Committee of the
National Assembly - Head of the Delegation
- Mr. Le Xuan Than Member of the Law Committee of the National Assembly
- Mr. Dand Thuan Phong Member of the Law Committee of the National Assembly
- Mr. Hoang Manh Hung Expert of the Legal Department of the Office of
the National Assembly
- Mr. Le Dinh Dau General Deputy Director of the Government Inspectorate
- Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tan Acting Deputy Director of the Legal Department
of the Government Inspectorate
- Mr. Dinh Van Minh Deputy Director of the Inspectorate Research Institute
of the Government Inspectorate
- Mr. Duong Thanh Bac Vice Chairman of the Central Internal Affairs
Committee of the Party
- Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh Expert of the Central Internal Affairs Committee
of the Party
- Mr. Tu Van Nhu Chief Judge of the Supreme People's Court's Appellate
Division in Hanoi
Enterprise Law Study Mission Delegates:
- Dr. Dinh Van An President, Central Institute for Economic Management
- Head of Delegation
- Mr. Nguyen Dinh Cung Director, Central Institute for Economic Management
- Mr. Bui Ngoc Nhuan Vice Chairman, Legal Development Committee, Office
of the Government
- Mr. Bui Duc Thu Deputy Director, Committee on Economics and Budgetary
Affairs, National Assembly
- Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan Deputy Director, Foreign Investment Agency, Ministry
of Planning and Investment
- Ms. Tran Thi Tho Senior Expert, Civil & Economic Legal Department,
Ministry of Justice
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