Supreme People's Court of Vietnam

Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
Established September 13, 1945
Country Vietnam
Location Hanoi
Composition method Presidential nomination with National Assembly confirmation
Authorized by Vietnam Constitution
Judge term length Five years
Number of positions 14, by statute
Website www.toaan.gov.vn
Chief Justice of Vietnam
Currently Nguyễn Hòa Bình
Since April 8, 2016
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The Supreme People's Court of Vietnam is the highest court of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Supreme People's Court is one of the two institutions at the apex of the judicial system of Vietnam, with the other body being the Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam. Both are accountable to the President of Vietnam, the highest institution of government power in the country. The head of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam is the Chief Justice. The current Chief Justice of Vietnam is Nguyen Hoa Binh

Responsibility and Jurisdiction

The Supreme People's Court is responsible for providing leadership to the Vietnamese court system, supervising the judicial process, and recommending bills to the National Assembly as appropriate under law. It is a court of final resort.[1] Prior to June 2015, when parts of the Law on the Organization of People's Courts (2014) and several resolutions by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly took effect, the Supreme People's Court also had some intermediate appellate jurisdiction via its three appellate benches (toà phúc thẩm). However, the 2014 law transformed those appellate benches into full courts called superior people's courts (toà án nhân dân cấp cao), and removed intermediate appellate jurisdiction from the Supreme People's Court.[2]

Organization

The Supreme People's Court of Vietnam is organized according to the Law on the Organization of People's Courts (2014).

References

  1. "Tòa án nhân dân tối cao". Supreme People's Court of Vietnam.
  2. "Thành lập 3 Toà án nhân dân cấp cao". Báo điện tử Chính phủ nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam.


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