The National Assembly has passed the Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement. This law takes effect from July 1, 2026.
This Law stipulates the principles, order, and procedures for enforcing judgments, decisions, and rulings in accordance with the law; organization and operation of the civil judgment enforcement system, Judgment Enforcement Officers, Civil Judgment Enforcement Offices; tasks, powers, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in civil judgment enforcement...
According to the provisions of the Law, agencies, organizations, and individuals in civil judgment enforcement are responsible for promptly implementing decisions on judgment enforcement, documents, requests, and proposals of civil judgment enforcement agencies... in accordance with the law.
In case there is opposition or obstruction to judgment enforcement, the civil judgment enforcement agency requests the police agency to ensure order and safety according to the provisions of law.
The Law also stipulates the supervision of civil judgment enforcement activities. Accordingly, the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Ethnic Council, the National Assembly's Committees, the National Assembly Delegation, National Assembly deputies, People's Councils at all levels, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and affiliated socio-political organizations, within the scope of their tasks and powers, supervise the activities of civil judgment enforcement agencies, civil judgment enforcement offices and other state agencies in civil judgment enforcement in accordance with the law.
The law strictly prohibits agencies, organizations, and individuals from committing acts such as not complying with judgments and decisions;
Not complying with decisions and requests of civil judgment enforcement agencies, Enforcement Officers, Civil Judgment Enforcement Offices, Enforcement Officers; resisting, delaying or having acts that cause difficulties or obstruct the process of organizing judgment enforcement;
Receiving bribes; appropriating and illegally using exhibits, money, and judgment enforcement assets; destroying seals, consumption, swapping, concealing, destroying, and dispersing exhibits and assets temporarily seized, changing the status quo, transferring ownership and use rights of judgment enforcement assets;
Or like strictly prohibiting intentionally not issuing decisions on judgment enforcement or issuing decisions on illegal judgment enforcement; applying coercive measures for illegal judgment enforcement;
Taking advantage of, abusing positions and powers to obstruct and intervene illegally in the settlement of judgment enforcement or taking advantage of his influence to influence the person responsible for judgment enforcement; intentionally enforcing the content of judgments and decisions; taking advantage of, abusing positions and powers to enforce illegally, delaying judgment enforcement;
Forging and falsifying documents, records, documents, information, electronic data to evade judgment enforcement obligations or prolong the time of organizing judgment enforcement; leaking information or taking advantage of, abusing information about accounts, income, and assets of judgment debtors for illegal use or affecting judgment enforcement;
Irresponsibility, intentional delays in leading, directing, and implementing the work of protecting agencies, organizations, and persons performing official duties in judgment enforcement activities.
