(VOVworld) - The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a license permitting the establishment of Vietnam’s international law association.

The first congress of Vietnam’s international law association.

Speaking at the first congress of the association on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh urged the association to become a forum gathering scholars, managers and practitioners in promoting research, education and communications on international legal issues, thus contributing to national development. The congress worked out the action plans for the 2016 – 2019 term and elected its Executive and Supervising Boards.