Vietnam
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- April 15, 1992
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on communist theory and the French system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Quoc-Hoi)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- People's Supreme Court, head elected for five years by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the President
RELIGIONS
9.3% Buddhists, 6.7% Catholics, other minorities, 80% none
From the country
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO GET DEATH, FOUR SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced two people to death and gave life sentences to four others for trading 5.6 kilograms of drugs at a trial on 5 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: LAOTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR METH SMUGGLING
The Quang Binh Provincial People's Court on 28 August 2019 gave a death sentence to a Laotian man for involving in the smuggling of over 300 kilos of meth.
AUGUST 1, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A HCMC court on 29 July 2019 sentenced a Vietnamese Australian drug ring leader and three of her accomplices to death.
JULY 23, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING DRUG
Two former police officers in Hai Phong were sentenced to death and 20 years in jail on 22 July 2019 for trading meth stolen from a drug bust.
JULY 5, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO DRUG TRADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A central Vietnam court sentenced two men to death on 1 July 2019 for trading over 4.8 kilos of narcotics last year.
- JULY 4, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 4 DRUG TRAFFICKERS GET DEATH SENTENCE
Four Vietnamese people on 3 July 2019 were sentenced to death and two others got jail terms of 18 years and 20 years respectively for trafficking over 3.4 kg of heroin.
JUNE 26, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HANOI FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced three Vietnamese to death on 25 June 2019 on drugs charges.
- JUNE 25, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 2 HEROIN TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Vietnamese court on 19 June 2019 sentenced two local men to death for transporting and trading illicit drug, Vietnam News Agency reported.
JUNE 25, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE, MAN COMPENSATED AFTER 46 YEARS
A 82-year-old Vietnamese man has been compensated with VND6.7 billion ($287,500) for being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death.
JUNE 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam on 13 June 2019 gave death sentences to two men and a woman for smuggling heroin and synthetic drugs.
JUNE 13, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A central Vietnam court has sentenced two men to death for trafficking meth and heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
- JUNE 3, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
LAO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING 10KILOS OF DRUGS TO VIETNAM
A court in the central province of Nghe An sentenced a Lao man to death on 31 May 2019 for carrying 10.7 kilos of drugs into Vietnam.