Conditions for amnesty for persons under 18 years old who are serving prison sentences in Vietnam

According to the Decision in Vietnam, conditions for amnesty for persons under 18 years old who are serving prison sentences include:

- Have made considerable progress in and had a growing awareness of rehabilitation, and have been ranked as good or excellent while serving his/her imprisonment sentence as prescribed in law on criminal judgment enforcement in Vietnam.

- Not fall into the cases that are not eligible for amnesty in Article 4 of Decision 766/2022/QD-CTN.

- Having served his/her imprisonment sentence for at least one-third or two-fifths of his/her imprisonment term for cases of being sentenced to prison for one of the crimes at Point b, Clause 1, Article 3 of Decision 766/2022/ QD-CTN.

In addition, for persons under 18 years of age who are suspended from serving prison sentences, amnesty conditions include:

- Have made considerable progress in and had a growing awareness of rehabilitation, and have been ranked as good or excellent while serving his/her imprisonment sentence as prescribed in law on criminal judgment enforcement before the issuance of the suspense decision.

- Strictly abide by the law during the suspension of serving prison sentences.

- Do not fall into the cases that are not eligible for amnesty in Article 4 of Decision 766/2022/QD-CTN.

- Having served at least one-third of the time or at least two-fifths of his/her imprisonment term for the case of being sentenced to prison for one of the crimes at Point b, Clause 1, Article 3 of Decision 766/2022/ QD-CTN in Vietnam

See more at Decision 766/2022/QD-CTN effective from July 1, 2022, Vietnam.

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