In what cases will a person who prepares to commit a crime be held criminally responsible?

Tanswer:

- Article 14 of the Penal Code stipulates: Preparation for a crime is searching for, preparing tools, means or creating other conditions to commit a crime or establishing, participating in a criminal group, except in the cases specified in Article 109, Point a, Clause 2, Article 113 or Point a, Clause 2, Article 299 of this Code.

- A person who prepares to commit one of the following crimes shall bear criminal responsibility:

a) Article 108 (crime of treason); Article 110 (crime of espionage); Article 111 (crime of violating territorial security); Article 112 (crime of rioting); Article 113 (crime of terrorism against the people's government); Article 114 (crime of sabotaging material and technical facilities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam); Article 117 (crime of making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam); Article 118 (crime of disrupting security); Article 119 (crime of sabotage against detention facilities); Article 120 (crime of organizing, coercing or inciting others to flee abroad or stay abroad to oppose the people's government); Article 121 (crime of fleeing abroad or staying abroad to oppose the people's government);

b) Article 123 (crime of murder); Article 134 (crime of intentionally causing injury or harm to the health of another person);

c) Article 168 (crime of robbery); Article 169 (crime of kidnapping for the purpose of appropriating property);

d) Article 299 (crime of terrorism); Article 300 (crime of financing terrorism); Article 301 (crime of hostage-taking); Article 302 (crime of piracy); Article 303 (crime of destroying important works, facilities, and means related to national security); Article 324 (crime of money laundering).

- A person from 14 to under 16 years of age who prepares to commit a crime specified in Point b and Point c, Clause 2 of this Article shall bear criminal responsibility.