What are the rules of appeal against a judgment of a civil court of Vietnam?
Under Vietnamese law, appeal can be made against not only civil court judgments but also civil court decisions. An appeal against a judgment or decision shall be accepted by the court of Vietnam if: – the appellant has the right to lodge the appeal (i.e. an appeal lodged by an unrelated person would not be accepted); – the appeal is made covering, among others, basic contents as stipulated by law; – the appeal is lodged within the time limit (i.e. the time limit for lodging an appeal against a judgment of the court of first instance is 15 days as from the date of the judgment, while the time limit for appeal against a decision is seven days); and – there are reasonable grounds for the appeal.
