On October 1, 2023, the Supreme People’s Court announced 7 new precedents according to Decision No. 364/QD-CA of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court. These precedents will be applied in trials starting from November 1, 2023. Among them, Precedent No. 69/2023/AL regarding the jurisdiction of commercial arbitration in disputes over non-disclosure agreements is a noteworthy one.

To create a legal basis to strictly handle the acts that obstruct procedural activities of competent agencies and persons, on August 18, 2022, the National Assembly Standing Committee promulgated the Ordinance on sanctions of administrative violations for acts of obstructing procedural activities. In this article, some notable contents of the Ordinance, which focuses on procedural obstructing acts to be sanctioned in criminal, civil, administrative areas are presented.

On December 15, 2021, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Justice promulgated Inter-Circular 05/2021/TTLT-TANDTC-VKSNDTC-BCA-BQP-BTP providing details and guidelines for the implementation of online court hearing organization. This Circular takes effect from February 1, 2022. Some typical contents of online court hearing organization are presented in the article.

To overcome the obstacles in adjudication, on December 31, 2021, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court issued Decision 594/QD-CA in 2021 on publication of precedents. Civil and criminal area cover the 9 precedents published in this Decision. Among these precedents is Precedent 44/2021/AL on determining the statute of limitations for initiating lawsuits of counterclaims.

In order to provide individuals and organizations an additional option for dispute resolution method, the National Assembly passed the Law on Court-annexed mediation and dialogue on June 16, 2020. The Law shall officially come into effect on January 1, 2021.