Litigation in Vietnamese Criminal Procedure and the Judicial Reform

Vietnam is actively implementing judicial reform strategy to 2020. To fit the general trend of the world integration, including orientation to complement the legal system, one of the priorities of judicial reform in Vietnam is: “Improving the quality of the prosecutors at trial, guaranteeing democratic litigation with lawyer, defense counsel and people involving in the proceedings…. The judgment of the Court must be based primarily on the results of litigation at the trial…”. By pointing out and analyzing specific rules of Vietnam Criminal Procedure law, the author made comments and reviews on the role of litigation in Vietnam criminal proceedings in the context of implementing the judicial reform strategy.