Contents: Chapters: 1 - Concepts, nature & characteristics of social criticism. 2 - Objective & subjective, principle & the ways of social criticism. The factors that impacting to the quality of social criticism. 3 - The issue of social criticism in the democracy of running-by-law in Vietnam today. Relationship between society & the government regarding social criticism at present. Socialism democracy of running-by-law, social criticism and sustainable development. 4 - Social criticism in Ho Chi Minh City: Characteristics and difficulties at present. 5 - Appendix: Social criticism in the Western democracy.