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
MAY 20, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TEN DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Vietnam has sentenced 10 people to death for smuggling meth, ketamine and ecstasy across the country by train, state media reported on 17 May 2019.
- MARCH 19, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 3 DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Vietnamese court has sentenced three local people to death and another to life imprisonment for drug trafficking, according to local media on 19 march 2019
JANUARY 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SCHOOL TEACHER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A school teacher in northern Vietnam has received the death penalty for drug trafficking, state media reported on 15 January 2019.
- JANUARY 16, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DEATH PENALTY HANDED TO TWO HEROIN TRANSPORTERS
The Hanoi People’s Court pronounced the death penalty for two defendants charged with the illegal transportation of drugs at the first instance trial on 10 January 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment remains for crimes
Capital punishment remains for crimes such as murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking, and sexual abuse of children.
DECEMBER 4, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 13 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TWO HEROIN TRAFFICKING CASES
Two separate trials sentenced 13 Vietnamese drug dealers to death on 30 November 2018, making them among the toughest in years.
- DECEMBER 3, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN WHO KILLED TWO SAIGON VIGILANTES GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A 24-year-old man who stabbed two Saigon vigilantes to death during a robbery attempt was sentenced to death on 29 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: THREE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Hanoi court on 8 November 2018 sentenced three men to death and one man to life imprisonment for drug trafficking.
OCTOBER 16, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SOUTH AFRICAN DRUG SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a South African man to death for smuggling cocaine from Brazil into the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on 28 August 2018.
AUGUST 2, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City has handed down the capital punishment on five defendants involving in the illegal trade and transportation of a big amount of drug at the end of a four-day trial.
- JULY 18, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM PRESIDENT ORDERS REVIEW OF FARMER'S DEATH SENTENCE
Activists have welcomed the Vietnamese president's order to review the case of farmers given severe sentences including the death penalty for murder over a land dispute.
JULY 12, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD FOR MAN IN LAND DISPUTE KILLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence handed down to a Vietnamese man for killing three people over a land dispute in the Central Highlands' province of Dak Nong in 2016.