tailieunhanh - Comparing Judicial Reforms in Vietnam and China

Vietnam and China are two neighbouring countries with many similarities in economic, political and cultural affairs. In the context that the open door renovation/reform in both countries are underway, the two countries encounter many common issues which are suggestive to each side. | Comparing Judicial Reforms in Vietnam and China Bui Thi Thu Hien1 1 Institute of Chinese Studies Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Email hienbt77@ Received on 13 August 2018. Revised on 16 August 2018. Accepted on 13 November 2018. Abstract Vietnam and China are two neighbouring countries with many similarities in economic political and cultural affairs. In the context that the open door renovation reform in both countries are underway the two countries encounter many common issues which are suggestive to each side. Judicial reforms in the two countries have similarities and dissimilarities due to their population sizes and development. Based on the judicial reform context in each country this paper compares the similarities and dissimilarities of the current judicial reforms in Vietnam and China. Keywords Reform institution justice China Vietnam. Subject classification International studies 1. Introduction Vietnam and China are among the few socialist countries which have implemented renovative reforms and transformations from planned economies to market-based economies quite successfully. In those transformation processes institutional reforms are a crucial factor in ensuring the reforms success. Together with institutional reforms in legislation and execution judicial institutional reforms are also among the important tasks of the two countries. Due to numerous similarities in the political institutions the judicial institutional reforms of each country also have many things in common. However the judicial institutional reforms in the two countries have some dissimilarities because of the different population size and development in each state. Researching and comparing these judicial institutional reforms in Vietnam and China will offer us useful lessons and experience for the reform process of each country. 2. Contexts of judicial institutional reforms in Vietnam and China Judicial reforms are components in the state apparatus having a close .