On the morning of November 30, with the majority of delegates in favor, the National Assembly passed the Law on Juvenile Justice.
The Law stipulates separation of cases in cases involving minors and adults to ensure full implementation of humane and progressive policies for minors.
At the same time, the law does not specifically stipulate the time to separate cases at the investigation stage as in the draft submitted to the National Assembly for discussion at the 8th session, but assigns the central judiciary to specify the details of separating cases.
Regarding this content, in the report explaining, accepting and revising the draft law, Ms. Le Thi Nga, Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Judicial Committee, said that the documents of comments from 5 agencies (Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Justice, Supreme People's Procuracy, Supreme People's Court) all agreed to separate the case in cases where the defendant is a minor and the defendant is an adult.
At the same time, the Supreme People's Court proposed not to specifically stipulate the time for separating cases at the investigation stage in the Law, but to assign the central judiciary to specify the details.
In addition, the newly passed Law stipulates 3 models to choose from: separate detention camps, sub-camps or detention areas reserved for minors in prisons. The Law assigns the choice of which model to choose to the Minister of Public Security and the Minister of National Defense based on the actual situation to decide.
The newly passed law has 10 chapters and 179 articles, effective from January 1, 2026.
