The National Assembly (NA) on June 24 passed a resolution on a pilot mechanism allowing the People’s Procuracy to initiate civil lawsuits in order to protect the civil rights of vulnerable individuals or the public interests.

Immediately following the Paris Court of Appeal's decision on August 22 to reject the civil lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga, an 82-year-old French-Vietnamese, against 14 US chemical companies for supplying Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin to the US army during the Vietnam War, many French media outlets have reiterated her decades-long arduous and challenging fight for justice.