Principles and Penalties Applicable to Persons below 18 Years in the New Vietnam Penal Code

Abstract

The article researches and analyzes the provisions of the 2015 Vietnam Penal Code on the age of criminal responsibility, the principles of criminal handling, the types of penalties that can be applied to people under 18 age (juveniles) committing a crime, from the perspective of a legal researcher, in order to provide readers with a multi-dimensional perspective on the criminal law policy of the State of Vietnam - a member of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, against people under the age of 18 who commit crimes. The Vietnam’ Government has also signed with the Government of the Russian Federation an Agreement on mutual legal and judicial assistance in civil and family matters, family and criminal on August 25, 1998.