To coordinate with the Investigation Agency to strictly handle criminal cases related to economy and corruption in Vietnam

To coordinate with the Investigation Agency to strictly handle criminal cases related to economy and corruption in Vietnam (Internet image)

The National Assembly Standing Committee of Vietnam issued Resolution 755/NQ-UBTVQH15 dated March 27, 2023, on questioning activities at the 21st session of the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam requested the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court and the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuracy to focus on performing a number of tasks and solutions to the exercise of the right to prosecution and supervision of judicial activities as follows:

To coordinate with the Investigation Agency to strictly handle criminal cases related to economy and corruption in Vietnam

Specifically, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly requested the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court and the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuracy to closely coordinate with the investigating agency to speed up the investigation and strictly handle criminal cases on economics, corruption, positions, and public opinion. Pressing cases occurred in the fields of securities, corporate bonds, bidding, auctions, and taking advantage of the COVID-19 epidemic situation for profiteering, registration, "black credit", human trafficking, personal data trading, cybercrime...

Through the settlement of these cases, focusing on detecting loopholes and shortcomings in state management, the causes and conditions for law violations and crimes to arise are identified, allowing for recommendations to be made to remedy, prevent, and improve the legal system.

In addition, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly also requires the implementation of the following key tasks and solutions in the exercise of the right to prosecution and supervision of judicial activities:

- Continuing to implement solutions, especially breakthrough solutions, to improve the quality of prosecutorial practice and judicial supervision; strictly observing the procedural time limit; thoroughly remedying the occurrence of cases of injustice.

- The prosecution must ensure the right person, the right crime, and the right law; strengthen internal control over the exercise of the power of prosecution.

- Further improving the responsibilities and quality of litigation of the procurator at the court hearing, especially the procurator of the district-level People's Procuracy.

- All decisions to approve, disapprove, or cancel the prosecution of the accused, the application of custody, temporary detention, and other preventive measures must ensure the right grounds and conditions as prescribed by law.

- Regularly inspecting the legality and necessity of the applied preventive measures, and promptly canceling or changing those measures if it is deemed that they violate the law or are no longer necessary.

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Not allowing injustice, wrongdoing, or the omission of criminals in the trial work in Vietnam

For the adjudication work, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam made the following requirements:

- The trial of criminal cases must ensure strictness: the right person, the right crime, the right law, no wrongdoing or omission of crimes.

- Speeding up the trial of criminal cases related to economy, corruption, positions, and cases of public interest; especially those under the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption, negative monitoring, and directing.

- Strictly implementing the provisions of the criminal law on the principles of handling corruption offenders and positions, in which the masterminds, leaders, ... leniency in accordance with the law for those who confess, surrender, sincerely declare, repent, voluntarily repair, or voluntarily compensate for damage caused...

Improving the efficiency of recovering assets lost and appropriated in these cases.

- Continue to effectively implement the organization of online court sessions, contributing to reducing time and effort for people, agencies, and organizations participating in court sessions, saving costs for the State and society; improve the efficiency of settlement of some types of cases, especially administrative ones. Directing courts to take measures to overcome difficulties in funding and material facilities to ensure the organization of online court sessions.

Stepping up the work of information dissemination and propaganda to inform the public about the meaning of the online trial.

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More details can be found in Resolution 755/NQ-UBTVQH15 effective from the date of signing.

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