This is a matter of concern to the Ministry of Justice and other ministries and central agencies. The main reason behind the situation is institutional limitations. The linkage between the Law on Mutual Judicial Assistance and procedure laws is not good. The current civil procedure law does not contain separate provisions on cases involving foreign elements and cases requiring judicial assistance. At present, all legal proceedings are settled within the same time limits, regardless of whether foreign elements are involved or not. This creates great time pressure. Just to mention the service of documents, the process of serving documents on Vietnamese prescribed in the Civil Procedures Code also applies to foreigners. However, in a civil case, documents may be required to be served up to 10 times. The complex process needs to be shortened while still ensuring the rights of involved parties.