Open access to official and authenticated legal information in Vietnam

Sources of open access to official and authenticated legal information are an essential component to the legal information system of any country. Not surprisingly, it is more important in the context of Vietnam is promoting the implementation of the strategy of judicial reform to the year of 2020 aims to build of the state rule of law and the e-government. In recent years, thanks to the application digital technology and the internet on legal information, the access to legislation, treaties and agreements, jurisprudence as well as law journal is easier, more convenient never than before. The number of free, open access to legal information sources has increased dramatically. Such of legal information sources are published not only by the state’s agencies such as the National Assembly, Government, Government’s Agencies, Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Prosecutor but also by universities and research institutions. This article focuses on the current situation of open access to official and authenticated legal information in Vietnam. It reviews the development process of open access to official and authenticated legal information over the past decade. From the standpoint of law and technology, it analysis, evaluates the achievement, points out the challenges of open access to legal information. The recommended policies and solutions to the improvement the open access to official and authenticated legal information in national and international level are put forth..