Procedural independence of the investigator (comparative legal analysis of the legislation of the Russian Federation and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

The article deals with issues related to the procedural independence of the investigator in criminal proceedings, as well as its relationship with the procedural powers of the investigator. Analyzing the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation and the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the authors come to the conclusion that the procedural independence of the investigator in pre-trial proceedings in a criminal case in Vietnam is significantly limited. The authors are convinced that in its further development, the Vietnamese legislator, within the limits of what is permissible, will expand the procedural independence of the investigator by granting him additional procedural powers.