Criminal

Vietnam: From 2021, the Supreme People’s Procuracy shall conduct the judicial expertise on electronic audiovisual data
11:42, 10/07/2020
The Amending Law on Judicial Expertise 2020 was officially approved by the 14th National Assembly of Vietnam at its 9th session on June 10, 2020. This Law stipulates that the Bureau of Criminal Justice Technology and Expertise controlled by the Supreme People’s Procuracy shall conduct the judicial expertise on electronic audiovisual data.

Vietnam: Source of funds for compensation for the wrongly convicted
17:04, 24/06/2020
Where do the funds for compensation for the wrongly convicted come from? This is one of the issues that public opinion raises the most through a number of wrongful judged cases such as the case of Nguyen Thanh Chan (Bac Giang), Huynh Van Nen (Binh Thuan), Han Duc Long (Bac Giang), etc. and most recently the case of two people in Vinh Phuc asking the Provincial People's Procuracy to compensate VND 38 billion.

Vietnam: Persons hacking someone else's Facebook account may face a penalty of up to 03 years' community sentence
09:20, 24/06/2020
How is the act of hacking someone else's Facebook account be handled? This is a question that LawNet has received quite a lot since the incident of a player on the Vietnamese football team having his Facebook hacked and private messages revealed. LawNet would like to answer this question in the article below.

Vietnam: Legal value of the assessment conclusion
15:40, 30/05/2018
According to Vietnam’s current regulations, expertising conclusions shall only become proof in court when such conclusions arise from judicial expertise activities. For expert conclusions arising not from judicial expertise, even though they are all made by the same expertise agency, they will not become evidence before the court. Is there not enough legal discrimination on this issue?!

Vietnam: Quick lookup table for court cost advances and court costs when filing a lawsuit
15:32, 12/04/2018
Court cost advances and court costs when filing a lawsuit are specified in Resolution No. 326/2016/UBTVQH14 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam. LawNet would like to compile them into the following table for quick and easy lookup.