From July 1, accepting to submit lawsuits via the Internet

This is the first time this content has been stipulated in the 2015 Law on Administrative Procedures. Accordingly, if the plaintiff, defendant, or person with related rights and obligations has an email address, it will be included in the content of the petition.

From July 1, people have the right to file lawsuits via personal email.

File a lawsuit online

This law is effective from July 1. Accordingly, the plaintiff can submit a petition and accompanying documents and evidence to the competent court to resolve the case by sending it online via the court's electronic information portal (if available).

The date of filing a lawsuit is determined as the date of submission of the petition. After receiving the online petition, the court will print out a paper copy and record it in the petition receipt book, notify it on the court's electronic information portal and respond to the petitioner via email.

Legal entities are also criminally liable.

Also in the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code, from July 1, there are a number of new points issued, including: The accused includes legal entities. The accused has the right to read and take notes of copies of documents or digitized documents related to the accusation, exoneration or other copies of documents related to the defense since the end of the investigation upon request. The accused has the right to request the presiding judge to ask questions or to ask the participants in the trial himself if the presiding judge agrees, and to debate in court.

For the procedure of questioning a suspect, it is mandatory to record audio or video with sound at the detention facility or at the headquarters of the investigation agency, the agency assigned to conduct a number of investigation activities. The questioning of a suspect at another location is recorded audio or video with sound at the request of the suspect or of the agency, person with authority to conduct the proceedings...

10 crimes that replace prison sentences with fines

With the 2015 Penal Code, from July 1, 7 crimes will be abolished the death penalty, including: Rape of a person under 16 years old; robbery; production and trade of counterfeit food, foodstuffs, food additives; surrendering to the enemy; disobeying orders; destroying important works, facilities, and means related to national security; and illegal possession of narcotics.

In addition, there will be 10 crimes that will replace imprisonment with fines. Specifically: Crime of intentionally causing injury or harm to the health of another person in a state of strong emotional agitation; intentionally causing injury or harm to the health of another person due to exceeding the limits of legitimate defense or due to exceeding the necessary level when arresting the offender; unintentionally causing injury or harm to the health of another person; humiliating another person; violating the right to gender equality; organizing early marriage; false advertising; establishing illegal funds; intentionally violating regulations on the distribution of money and relief goods; violating regulations on maintenance, repair and management of traffic works. Depending on the crime and the severity of the crime, violators will be warned, fined from 5 to 200 million VND, and sentenced to 2-3 years of non-custodial reform.

In addition, there will be 34 new crimes, such as: Using people under 16 years old for pornographic purposes (Article 147); buying and selling, appropriating human tissues or body parts (Article 154); violating citizens' rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, access to information, and the right to protest (Article 167); organizing surrogacy for commercial purposes (Article 187); falsifying documents in securities offering and listing dossiers (Article 212); fraud in insurance business (Article 213); social insurance and unemployment insurance fraud (Article 214); health insurance fraud (Article 215); evading social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance payments for employees (Article 216); violating regulations on competition (Article 217); violating regulations on compensation, support, and resettlement when the state reclaims land (Article 230); disturbing the order of court sessions (Article 391)...

From July 1, the crime of robbery has a maximum penalty of 18-20 years in prison or life imprisonment.

Conditions for receiving occupational accident benefits

According to the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene 2015, employees who participate in occupational accident and disease insurance are entitled to occupational accident benefits when meeting all of the following conditions: Having an accident in one of the following cases: At the workplace and during working hours, including when performing necessary daily activities at the workplace or during working hours; outside the workplace or outside working hours as required by the employer's work; on the way to or from work within a reasonable distance and time; having a reduction in working capacity of 5% or more due to an occupational accident in one of the above cases.

At the same time, according to this law, employers are obliged to pay monthly into the occupational accident and disease insurance fund. The maximum contribution is 1% of the salary fund used as the basis for social insurance contributions of employees.

According to PLO