Vietnam’s juvenile justice as compared to common juvenile justice models around the world
This paper outlines the remarkable evolution of juvenile justice in Vietnam. It discusses the extent to which Vietnamese juvenile justice and related laws and policies have been shaped by identifiable ideologies and models of intervention. Moreover, the legal framework governing juvenile justice, mainly the 2016 Law on Children, the 2015 Penal Code, the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code and the 2010 Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments, is introduced to show the complex and scattered state of relevant legislation. The paper offers a short analysis of actors who perform the juvenile justice role or function and reveals a system without specialization or clear separation from the justice system for adult offenders. In addition to identifying emerging characteristics of the system, the author compares these with some typical juvenile justice models around the world, namely the welfare model, the justice model and the restorative model, and concludes that the Vietnamese model is a hybrid mixture of these three ones. Finally, the author makes some recommendations on shaping the juvenile justice system of Vietnam in conformity with international standards in order to meet access-to-justice needs of Vietnamese juvenile offenders.
How new rules on prevention of adverse effects of alcohol will impact alcohol advertising and promotion (Practice Note)
Law 44/2019/QH14 on Prevention and Control of Harms of Liquor and Beer Abuse was passed on June 14, 2019, and became effective on January 1, 2020. On February 24, 2020, the Government issued Decree 24/2020/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law with effect from the same day. There are detailed rules in those texts on alcohol advertising that this Practice Note tries to examine.