Civil judgment enforcement 'revolution' moves from paper to digital technology

The Civil Judgment Enforcement Department (THADS) in Ho Chi Minh City has achieved a significant breakthrough, not just through organized management and professional personnel, but crucially by embracing comprehensive digital transformation. This shift has turned previously insurmountable tasks into achievable goals.

The Vạn Thịnh Phát case presented a monumental challenge, with over 43,000 bondholders and a debt of 40 trillion Vietnamese dong. Nguyễn Văn Hòa, head of THADS Ho Chi Minh City, admitted this volume far exceeded traditional processing capabilities. To tackle this complex issue, the department launched a full-scale digitization campaign, creating three specialized software systems to move from manual to electronic record-keeping.

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the workload far exceeded the capacity to handle it using traditional methods.

The first software system manages claimant information, allowing bondholders to proactively submit and update personal details, bank accounts, and electronic document preferences. Once verified, this data integrates into a unified database for subsequent operations. The second system centralizes the management of thousands of assets, including real estate, stocks, and movable property, tracking their processing in real-time for synchronization, transparency, and accuracy.

The third system automates payment processing for enforcement judgments. It calculates individual amounts, identifies fees, verifies account information, prepares payment lists, and issues payment orders. This system also automatically compiles results, tracks payments made and pending, and manages outstanding balances. According to Hòa, without these digital tools, processing 43,000 bondholders and thousands of assets within legal deadlines would have been nearly impossible. The automation allowed for the disbursement of over 10 trillion Vietnamese dong with just a few clicks, meeting deadlines and ensuring absolute security.

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With over 43,000 bondholders and thousands of assets to process, if we had used the old manual methods, it would have been nearly impossible to complete within the legal timeframe.