Tag: Legislation

After two back-to-back amendments in 2025, Việt Nam’s Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents is being amended once again. The ...

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A draft proposal seeks to dismantle the Supreme People’s Procuracy’s Investigation Agency and transfer its powers to the Ministry of ...

For years, land disputes in Việt Nam have been profoundly unequal contests, pitting ordinary citizens struggling to protect their homes ...

Resolution 29/2026 not only moves ahead of the Penal Code, but it also creates an excessively broad mechanism for exemption ...

In recent months, two legal issues have dominated public debate: land policy and amendments to the Penal Code.  The former ...

Criminal law serves as a foundational pillar in any legal system, secondary only to a nation's constitution. By outlining crimes ...

​Less than a year after the June 2025 amendments, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has once again replaced the ...

​The Latest: The Ministry of Public Security is proposing a major amendment to the law that would allow a death ...

Key Events  Draft Penal Code Expands Police Powers, Limits Accountability; Penal Code Revision Raises Concerns Over Lawyers’ Independence; Draft Penal ...