Hanoi, Dec. 25 -- State President Luong Cuong, Head of the Central Steering Committee on Judicial Reform, chaired its third meeting in 2025 in Hanoi on December 25 to review judicial reform during the 2021-2026 period and discuss orientations and key tasks for the 2026-2031 period. At the meeting, participants also discussed the committee's draft working programme for 2026, and the proposal on reviewing and evaluating the institution of public defenders. Reports showed that during the past term, Party Committees and Organisations at all levels have focused on leading, directing and institutionalising the Party's guidelines on judicial reform, the building and improvement of the socialist rule-of-law State, and the streamlining of the judi...