On the morning of August 24, with 94.6% of the delegates present in favor, the National Assembly officially passed the Resolution on crime prevention and combat and law violations, the work of the People's Procuracy, the People's Court and judgment enforcement.
This Resolution takes effect from July 1, 2027. Resolution No. 96/2019/QH14 dated November 27, 2019 of the National Assembly on crime prevention and combat and law violations, the work of the People's Procuracy, the People's Court and judgment enforcement expires from the date this Resolution takes effect.
Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Law and Justice Committee Phan Chi Hieu said that one of the adjusted contents is the target of reducing 10% of social order crime cases and targets on drug prevention and control.
These targets are adjusted to be consistent with Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated July 28, 2026 on building a disciplined, safe, civilized, harmonious, and developed society.
Regarding the targets for resolving and adjudicating criminal cases, civil cases, and administrative cases (point a, clause 1, Article 4), the National Assembly Standing Committee said that, according to the report of the Supreme People's Court (in Official Dispatch No. 490/TANDTC-PC dated August 6, 2026), in the context that the number of cases and incidents that Courts have to accept has nearly doubled (compared to the time the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 96/2019/QH14) and with increasing complexity; the payroll has been maintained from 2012 and continued to be adjusted down in 2026, causing overload for the Court system.
Therefore, the Supreme People's Court proposed that the National Assembly focus on supervising the quality and timelines of resolution and adjudication that have been specifically stipulated in procedural law. Based on considering all aspects, absorbing the opinions of many National Assembly deputies and the proposals of the Supreme People's Court, the draft Resolution revises the provisions in point a, clause 1, Article 4 in the direction of: Ensuring the resolution and adjudication of criminal cases, civil cases, and administrative cases on time according to the provisions of law reach 100%. The Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court specifically assigns the rate of resolution and adjudication of criminal cases and civil cases.
Regarding the target of not letting people being temporarily detained, people being temporarily detained, and prisoners escape due to irresponsibility of the detention facility (point a, clause 1 and point a, clause 2, Article 5), taking into account the opinions of many National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Standing Committee requested the National Assembly to allow it to be revised according to option 1 (stipulating not to let cases occur due to irresponsibility of the detention facility leading to the escape of people being temporarily detained, temporarily detained, and prisoners), with the reason that this target has been stipulated by Resolution No. 96/2019/QH14 and is being seriously implemented; the draft only sets out responsibilities for cases where the detention facility is irresponsible leading to escape; at the same time, this regulation is consistent with Article 376 of the Penal Code on the crime of irresponsibility for people being arrested, people being temporarily detained, temporarily detained, people serving prison sentences escaping and Clause 6, Article 7 of the Law on Criminal Judgment
