Vietnam and Hungary signed a mutual legal assistance agreement on criminal matters, in Hanoi, on March 16, in the presence of President Truong Tan Sang.

President Truong Tan Sang (C) at the signing ceremony

The signatories are Prosecutor General of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Procuracy Nguyen Hoa Binh and Hungarian Minister of Justice Laszlo Trochani.

The agreement is significant to improve the legal cooperation framework between the two countries.

It also creates a foundation for law agencies to enhance mutual assistance in investigating, prosecuting, and handling criminal cases, especially cross-border crime, as well as to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the two nations’ citizens.

Source: VNA