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
APRIL 3, 2015VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: BROTHERS GET DEATH PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING OVER 210 KG DRUGS
A court in the southern province of Binh Duong gave 2 brothers death penalties for trafficking over 210 kilograms of heroin in one of the province's biggest drug cases.
- MARCH 24, 2015VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM PLANS TO REMOVE ROBBERY, DRUG CRIMES FROM DEATH PENALTY LIST
The Ministry of Justice has proposed abolishing the death penalty for a number of crimes including robbery and heroin smuggling, reducing it to life sentence at most.
- JANUARY 20, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTHEAST ASIA: UN RIGHTS OFFICE APPEALS FOR HALT IN EXECUTIONS FOR DRUG CRIMES
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over
JANUARY 19, 2015VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 8 DRUG CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in the northern province of Hoa Binh sentenced eight people to death and handed down life
- JANUARY 1, 2015VietnamDEATH 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, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 16-YR-OLD GIRL
A court in central Vietnam sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a 16-year old girl two years
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO PERSONS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in the northern Son La province sentenced to death Tran Manh Hung and Nguyen Duc Trung for
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN WHO KILLED TWO KIDS OVER SWAN GETS DEATH
A Vietnam court upheld the death sentence for a man who last year killed two children in Buon Me Thuot,
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DUO THAT KILLED 5 POACHERS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM
The Supreme People’s Court upheld the death sentences handed down to two men for beating five rare
- AUGUST 14, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 6 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
JULY 22, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED
Three prisoners have been executed in Vietnam in different cases, state media reported.
JUNE 27, 2014AustraliaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: AUSTRALIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN POSSESSION
State-controlled media say a court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for