The Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee gave a presentation to students at Vietnam National University.

Senator Patrick Leahy's speech addressed the fundamental and core principles in the process of building and enforcing laws within the U.S. judicial system.

The speech by the U.S. Senator attracted particular attention from law students. Many students directly asked the speaker questions on issues such as: the U.S. Congress's stance on the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations, solutions to create equal treatment between male and female workers in the United States, the importance of litigation, the principles that give lasting value to the Constitution, the importance of case law in the United States, the role of public defenders, etc.

Senator Patrick Joseph Leahy is a senior senator elected from the state of Vermont. He was the youngest first-elected senator (in 1975) in the history of the U.S. legislature. Senator Patrick Joseph Leahy is a member of the Democratic Party and serves as the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The talk at Vietnam National University, Hanoi was one of a series of activities during the official visit to Vietnam of the President Pro Tempore of the US Senate, Patrick Joseph Leahy, from April 16 to 20.