NGUYEN TAT VIEN

Gender: Male

Year of birth: October 2, 1954

Place of birth: : Nam Dinh

Native place: Nghia Tan commune, Nghia Hung district, Nam Dinh province

University degree major: Law; Training Institution: National University-General University of Cuba, Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan

Working unit: The Saigon International University

Position: Lecturer

Education levelDoctor; Year: 1997; Major: Law; Training Institution: National Centre of Social Sciences and Humanities (currently Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)

Academic title: Associate professor. Year: 2002

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Research field:

Foreign language: Russian.

Contact address: The Saigon International University.

Teaching and working summary


1978 – 1980: Lecturer in Faculty of Law, Hanoi General University

1980 – 1984: Vice Dean of Justice Department – Hanoi Law University.

1984 – 1987: Head of General Affairs – Planning Department, Ministry of Justice

1987 – 1993: Deputy Director of the Institute of Legal Science Research – Ministry of Justice

1993 – 2003: Editor-in-chief of Democracy and Law magazine – Ministry of Justice

2003 – 2008: Head of Legal Dissemination and Education Department – Ministry of Justice

2008 – 2011: Director and Chief Editor of Judicial Publishing House

2011 – 2016: Member of Standing Committee – the Central Judicial Reform Steering Committee

Scientific research


[1] State-level project: “Factors regulating and controlling the process of building a socialist rule-of-law State in Vietnam” Project manager: Nguyễn Tất Viễn. Year: 2001 – 2004

[2] State-level project: “Judicial effect of the People’s Court”. Project manager: Nguyễn Tất Viễn. Year: 2002 – 2005

[3] State-level project: “Evaluation of Vietnam’s political system in the early years of renovation”. Project manager: Nguyễn Tất Viễn. Year: 2005 – 2007

[4] State-level project: “Criteria for evaluating the capacity of the political system”. Project manager: Nguyễn Tất Viễn. Year: 2007-2010

[5] Ministerial project: “Theoretical and practical basis for building the Law on Dissemination and Legal Education”. Project manager: Nguyễn Tất Viễn. Year: 2010 – 2011.

[6] State-level topic: “Reconciliation in Vietnam, historical and contemporary issues, IDDĐ / 2011”. Project manager: Nguyễn Tất Viễn. Year: 2012-2014

[7] State-level project: “Judicial rights in the Socialist rule-of-law State of Vietnam”. Project deputy manager: Nguyen Tat Vien. Year: 2014 – present

Books and textbooks


[1] Some Issues on Legislation and Law Enforcement Serving the Renovation in Vietnam. Journal of Law University, Nagoya, Japan. Year: 1998.

[2] Village convention and the implementation of the new convention. Journal: Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop – Institute of State and Law. Year: 2003.

[3] Further strengthen the role of Jurors in criminal court hearings. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2003.

[4] Definition, meaning of reviewing and systematizing legal documents. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2003.

[5] The impact of judicial practices on the uniform application and improvement of laws. Journal of Legal Science Information, Institute of Legal Science, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2004.

[6] Actual situation of law dissemination and education; measures to improve the efficiency of law dissemination and education. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2006

[7] Current situation and direction to improve forms of access to legal information of people in the condition of building the rule-of-law State in Vietnam. The Proceedings of the Third Vietnam International Conference; Hanoi National University and Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Year: 2008

[8] Definition, meaning of reviewing and systematizing legal documents. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2009.

[9] Thinking about prosecuting agency in Vietnam during judicial reform. Journal of Scientific Information, Institute of State and Law, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. Year: 2009.

[10] Applying Ho Chi Minh’s thought on law dissemination and education in the current situation. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2010

[11] The Criminal Code 1985, an important legislative work of our State. Journal: Proceedings of National Scientific Conference “1000 years Thang Long with important political-legal events of the country”. Year: 2010

[12] Promoting socialist democracy, ensuring human rights and justice from the perspective of building a rule-of-law state. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year: 2011

[13] Some comments on the institution of People’s Procuracy and People’s Court in Draft Amendment 1992. Journal of Legislative Information Science, Legislative Research Institute under Standing Committee of National Assembly Year: 2013.

[14] Orientations for perfecting the institution of reconciliation in Vietnam. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice. Year 2014

[15] Justice and judgment enforcement. State organization magazine, Ministry of Home Affairs. Year 2014

[16] Innovating the organizational structure and operation of the judicial system in Vietnam nowadays. Proceedings of the 10th Theoretical Conference, Vietnamese Communist Party and Chinese Communist Party, Central Council of Theoretical Studies. Year 2014

[17] Improving the legal institution to implement the tasks in the Politburo’s Resolution No. 49-NQ / TW on the Strategy on Judicial Reform to 2020. Journal of Democracy and Law, Ministry of Justice