Rule of law state: Some theoretical and practical issues

On December 20, 2012, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities organized an international conference “The Rule of Law State: Some theoretical and practical issues”. Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Duc Nghieu – Vice Rector of the University – attended and delivered the opening speech of the conference.The workshop received 59 reports from domestic and foreign scientists. 12 full-text reports were presented at the workshop and received more than 50 comments, explanations, and debates. After a day of active and urgent work, in the spirit of open exchange, the scientists reached consensus on many important issues in theory and practice. The workshop showed that international friends highly appreciated Vietnam's achievements in nation building and were interested in following the practical theoretical summaries of the Party over more than 25 years of renovation. In terms of theory, the Party has consistently and creatively applied the state's ideology to state building in the classical heritage of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought to the reality of Vietnam. In terms of practice, new theoretical perceptions of the rule of law state and solutions to build it originate from the reality of people's lives and the reality of our country's renovation. The Communist Party of Vietnam has gradually developed a system of viewpoints and basic principles on building a socialist rule-of-law state of the people, by the people, and for the people. The summary report affirmed that this workshop is a step forward on the path of approaching the awareness and application of building a rule-of-law state.