Law of Vietnam is based on communist legal theory and French civil law. In 1981 major reforms were made to the judicial and legal system. New laws introduced since: * Penal Code 1912

History

1946: * September 2, 1945 President Ho announced Independence Declaration * November 9, 1946 the first constitution was adopted by the National Assembly * Includes 7 chapters, 70 articles 1954: Geneva Agreement has been signed thanks to Dien Bien Phu victory. 1959: Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, adopted on January 1, 1960. It consisted of X chapters, 112 articles 1975: The reunification of North and South Vietnam 1980: Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, adopted on December 19, 1980 Includes XII chapters, 147 articles. The consequence of the policy of

economic liberalization Economic liberalization, or economic liberalisation, is the lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities. In politics, the doctrine is associated with classical liber ...

“Doi Moi” started in 1986. April 15, 1992: Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Vietnam includes XII chapters, 147 articles.

Law System of Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Criminal Law

Criminal law is a branch of law in the Vietnamese legal system, comprising a system of legal regulations issued by the state, which identify which acts that are dangerous to society are

crimes In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Can ...

, and at the same time regulate the penalties for

. Article 1 of the Vietnamese Criminal Code 2015 states: The Criminal Code has the mission of protecting the sovereignty of the State,

national security National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and Defence (military), defence of a sovereign state, including its Citizenship, citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of ...

, protecting the socialist regime,

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

, citizens' rights, protecting the equality between ethnic groups, protecting the interests of the State,

organizations An organization or organisation ( Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a par ...

, protecting legal order, combating all criminal acts; educating everyone to obey the law, preventing and combating crime.

Civil Law

Civil law is a branch of law in the Vietnamese legal system, comprising a collection of regulations governing property relations and certain personal relations in civil transactions on the basis of equality, self-determination, and self-responsibility of the subjects participating in civil relations.

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