Law of Vietnam, officially referred to as the legal system of Vietnam (lit. Há» thá»Âng pháp luáºÂt Viá»Ât Nam), consists of interrelated legal norms and rules of conduct, which are divided into multiple legal institutions and branches of law, represented in legal normative documents promulgated by the state within orders, procedures and specific forms.
1946:
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 âÂÂDoi Moiâ started in 1986.
April 15, 1992: Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Vietnam includes XII chapters, 147 articles.
Criminal law is a branch of law in the Vietnamese legal system, consisting of a system of legal regulations issued by the state, which identify which acts that are dangerous to society are crimes, and at the same time regulate the penalties for crimes.
Article 1 of the Vietnamese Criminal Code 2015 states: The Criminal Code has the mission of protecting the sovereignty of the State, national security, protecting the socialist regime, human rights, citizens' rights, protecting the equality between ethnic groups, protecting the interests of the State, organizations, protecting legal order, combating all criminal acts; educating everyone to obey the law, preventing and combating crime.
Civil law is a branch of law in the Vietnamese legal system, consisting of 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.