- Persons aged full 16 years or older must bear penal liability for all crimes, except for crimes otherwise provided for in this Code.

- Persons aged between full 14 and under 16 must bear penal liability for very serious crimes, especially serious crimes, including the crime of property robbery specified in Article 168 of the Criminal Code.

Illustration

 Based on the above regulations, people under 18 years old (people from 14 to under 18 years old) will be criminally responsible for the crime of robbery.

Article 101 of the Penal Code guides the application of term imprisonment to persons under 18 years of age who commit a crime:

 1. For persons aged between full 16 - under 18 years of age when committing the crime, if the applicable law stipulates the penalty of life imprisonment or the death penalty, the applied maximum penalty shall not exceed 18 years of imprisonment; if it is a term of imprisonment, the highest penalty applied shall not exceed three-quarters of the prison term prescribed by the law;

2. For persons aged between full 14 and under 16 years old when committing the crime, if the applicable law stipulates the penalty of life imprisonment or death, the applied maximum penalty shall not exceed 12 years of imprisonment; if it is a term of imprisonment, the highest penalty applied shall not exceed one-half of the prison term prescribed by the law.   

Penalties for offenders under 18 years old are as follows:

- For persons from full 16 years old - under 18 years old: The maximum penalty applied is not more than 3/4 of the prison term prescribed by the law.

- For persons from full 14 years old to under 16 years old: The maximum penalty is not more than half of the prison term prescribed by the law.