From what time is counted for time limit for an appeal against the first-instance court's judgment in 15 days in Vietnam?

From what time is counted for time limit for an appeal against the first-instance court's judgment in 15 days in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 273 of the 2015 Civil Procedure Code, time limit for an appeal is as follows:

1. The time limit for an appeal against the first-instance court's judgment is 15 days as from the date of judgment pronouncement; for the involved parties or representatives of agencies/organizations/individuals initiating lawsuits being absent from the Court sessions or absent when the Court pronounces the judgment with good and sufficient reason, the time limit for an appeal shall be counted from the date the judgment is handed to them or publicly posted up.

For cases where involved parties, representatives of agencies/organizations/individuals initiating lawsuits are present in Court sessions but absent when the Court pronounces the judgment without good and sufficient reason, time limit for an appeal shall be counted from the date of judgment pronouncement.

Therefore, the time limit for an appeal against the first-instance court's judgment in Vietnam is 15 days as from the date of judgment pronouncement or from the date the judgment is handed to them or publicly posted up, depending on the specific case above for exact determination.

In what cases can an appeal application be returned by the Court in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 274 of the 2015 Civil Procedure Code stipulates the above content as follows:

4. An appeal application shall be returned by the Court in the following cases:

a) The appellant is not entitled to file an appeal;

b) The appellant fails to make another appeal application or fails to amend or supplement the appeal application at the request of the Court as prescribed in clause 3 of this Article.

c) Cases specified in clause 2 Article 276 of this Code.

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