Vietnam · Courts
Court structure of Vietnam
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Final appellate — Supreme People's Court
- Cassation review; issues binding resolutions and selects precedents.
- Appellate — Superior People's Courts
- Three regional courts hearing appeals.
- Intermediate — Provincial People's Courts
- First instance in serious cases and appeals from district courts.
- First instance — District People's Courts
- The majority of civil and criminal matters.
- Specialist — Family and juvenile divisions; military courts
- Divisions within the provincial and central structure.
Every court in the hierarchy
- supremeHanoiSupreme People's Court of VietnamCassation and reopening review of judgments of the lower courts, and issuing precedent-setting decisions and guidance on uniform application of law.
- appellateHanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh CitySuperior People's CourtsAppeals from the provincial people's courts and cassation review of district court judgments.
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