What are current legal aid fees in Vietnam?
My family belongs to a poor household and is having a problem. I hope to get legal advice from the legal aid center. Don't know how much they charge at the moment?
What are current legal aid fees in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 7 of the Law on Legal Aid 2017 provides for legally-aided persons as follows:
1. People with meritorious services to the revolution.
2. People in poor households.
3. Children.
4. Ethnic minority people permanently residing in areas with exceptionally difficult socio-economic conditions.
5. Accused persons from 16 years old to under 18 years old.
6. Accused persons in near-poor households.
7. People in one of the following cases having financial difficulties:
a) Blood parents, spouses and children of patriotic martyrs; persons having merits in nurturing young patriotic martyrs;
b) People infected with dioxin;
c) Elderly people;
d) Disabled people;
dd) Victims in criminal prosecutions from 16 years old to under 18 years old;
e) Victims in family domestic violence cases;
g) Victims of human trafficking cases as specified in the Law on human trafficking prevention and combat;
h) HIV-positive people.
The Government shall stipulate in detail the financial difficulties of legally-aided persons in this clause in accordance with the socio-economic conditions.
In addition, Clause 1, Article 8 of the Law on Legal Aid 2017 also stipulates rights of legally-aided persons as follows:
1. Have the right to receive legal aid services without paying fees, economic benefits or other benefits.
2. Request legal aid by themselves or via their relatives, agencies, competent procedural authorities or other agencies, organizations and individuals.
3. Be informed about the right to receive legal aid services, order and procedures of legal aid when going to a legal aid-providing organization and concerned regulatory agencies.
4. Request confidentiality of contents of legal aid-related cases.
5. Select one local legal aid-providing organization and person on the list published; request for change of legal aid-providing person when he/she falls into one of the cases specified in Clause 1 and 2, Article 25 of this Law.
6. Modify or withdraw legal aid requests.
7. Be entitled to damages in accordance with law.
8. Lodge complaints or denunciations about legal aid in accordance with this Law and other relevant Law.
Thus, your family belonging to a poor household is eligible for free legal aid, which means that in this case you do not have to pay for the legal aid services in Vietnam.
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