A Review of Theoretical Research on Vietnamese Criminal Law since 1986 and Future Orientations

The Renovation (Đổi Mới) of the country since 1986 has created many opportunities and challenges for Vietnamese jurisprudence, including assessing the development of legal research. Recognizing the importance of this issue, over the past time, many agencies, organizations and researchers have summarized the achievements, limitations, and development orientations in the field of jurisprudence. However, there has not been much research into each branch of law, including Vietnamese criminal law. Therefore, with the historical approach and the method of analysis and synthesis, on the basis of studying the main points in academic works, which are monographs and doctoral theses in jurisprudence, the article focuses on elucidating research achievements through each group of core scientific issues. Thereby the article identifies research gaps and proposes development orientations of Vietnamese criminal law in the futuree.