Secretary for Justice Paul Lam continued his visit to Vietnam today by meeting representatives from its legal and commercial sectors and attending bilateral meetings with member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Mr Lam first met with the Vietnam Bar Federation in the morning to learn about developments in Vietnam’s legal sector and its legal services needs, and to discuss legal co-operation and exchanges between the two places.

He then attended a lunch with representatives of the commercial sector. He spoke to them about Hong Kong’s unique advantages in enjoying strong support from the motherland while being closely connected to the world under “one country, two systems”, and about the city’s status as an international centre for legal and dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region.

In the afternoon, as a member of the visiting Chinese delegation, Mr Lam attended bilateral meetings between that delegation and ASEAN member states, namely Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar.

Mr Lam will attend the 13th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference tomorrow and deliver a speech at a plenary session hosted by Vietnam’s Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Le Minh Tri.

Mr Lam will conclude his visit to Vietnam and return to Hong Kong tomorrow evening.