Law to improve civil compensationVietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s new law on State Compensation Liability is expected to create transparent mechanisms for compensating people mistreated by authorities, Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Khanh Ngoc said yesterday. Speaking at a Justice Ministry meeting on preparations for implementing the law, deputy minister Ngoc said the 2017 State Compensation Liability law was expected to address shortcomings of the previous legislation adopted in 2009. Nguyen Van Bon, director of the ministry’s State Compensation Department, said that under the new law, more people would be eligible for State compensation, including individuals or organisations harmed by officials in administrative, legal and law enforcement proceedings, their heirs or their representatives. Compensation claims must be handled within 71 days instead of 125 days as regulated in the 2009 law. The biggest number of compensation claims so far involve wrongdoing in judicial proceedings, together with misconduct in administrative management and law enforcement procedures.

Source: VietNamNet News October 05, 2017 10:30 UTC