MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF LAW -INFORMATION IN PhD THESIS Subject: The rights to defend for juvenile accused persons, and defendants in Vietnam Criminal Laws Major: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures Law Code: 62.38.40.01 Full name of PhD candidate: Nguyen Huu The Trach Supervisor: Prof Dr Tran Van Do Training institution: Ho Chi Minh City University of Law NEW FEATURES OF THE THESIS 1.The thesis has clarified some issues that concerned logical problems regarding the rights to defend for accused persons, and defendants who are juveniles in Vietnam Criminal Laws, and evaluated the roles of the rights to defend as well as determined the characteristics of the content and formalities of executing the rights to defend for juvenile accused persons, and defendants in Vietnam Criminal Laws 2.The thesis outlined Vietnam Criminal Laws regarding the rights to defend in general and the rights to defend of juvenile accused persons, and defendants in particular Also, the thesis clarified the establishment and developments of these institutions in Vietnam Criminal Laws, and appreciated the legacies which deemed necessary to continually perfect these institutions 3.The thesis mentioned scientific information regarding institutions of the rights to defend of juvenile trialed persons in the legal systems of France, United States of America, Russian Federation, and People’s Republic of China, i.e.: representative nations that have diverse legal traditions and are influential on Vietnam’s legal system From those studies, selective comparisons and appreciation were made in this thesis Hence, legal suggestions were carefully formulated in order to improve the justice in the rights to defend of juvenile accused persons, and defendants in Vietnam Criminal Laws 4.According to the theoretical and practical results, the thesis suggested a system of solutions in order to enhance the efficiency in executing the rights to defend of juvenile accused persons, and defendants whilst simultaneously honour the truth of the cases in a complete and objective manner, and ensure proper procedures and solutions for a criminal case