Law No.63/2014/QH13 on Organization of People’s Procuracies of Vietnam

The Vietnam People’s Procuracy is independent within structure of the State according to Vietnam Constitution and the functions of People’s Procurary are closely related to the investigation activities carried out by the investigation agency of People’s Public Security Forces.

The People’s Procuracy of Vietnam has functions of practicing prosecution and supervising judicial activities in comformity with the Constitution and laws.

The Vietnam Supreme People’s Procuracy practices prosecution and supervises judicial activities, contributing to ensure strict and uniform legal compliance. Local People’s Procuracies practice prosecution and supervise judicial activities in their respective areas.

Within its functions, the People’s Procuracy has the duty of contributing to the protection of the socialist rule of law, protection of the socialism and the self-control right of citizens, protection of assets of the State and collectives, protection of life, health, assets, freedom, honor and dignity of citizens, ensuring that all infringements upon interests of the State and collectives, legal rights and interests of citizens should be taken action by the laws.

The new law on Organization of People’s Procuracies of Vietnam, promulgated on February 01st, 2015 emphasizes that concerned agencies, organizations and individuals shall strictly abide by decisions, and fufill requests, recommendations and protests of people’ procuracies; and may recommend action against, and lodge complaints and denunciations about, illegal acts and decisions of people’s procuracies.

When having grounds to believe that an act or a decision of a people’s procuracy is groundless or illegal, investigating agencies or agencies assigned to conduct some investigating activities, courts and judgment enforcement agencies may recommend or request the people’s procuracy to reconsider its act or decision. Agencies, organizations and individuals are prohibited from obstructing or intervening into the exercise of the power to prosecute and supervise judicial activities by people’s procuracies; taking advantage of the right to lodge complaints and denunciations to slander cadres, civil servants, public employees and other employees of people’s procuracies.

This law takes effect on June 01st, 2015.