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
JUNE 19, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT CONFIRMS 29 DEATH SENTENCES
The Supreme People's Court in the northern province of Quang Ninh refused to revoke death sentences
JUNE 1, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: VIETNAMESE SEAMSTRESS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Vietnamese seamstress was sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court in Malaysia after she was
MAY 21, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DIFFERENT DRUG CASES
Two Ho Chi Minh City courts independently sentenced a disabled man and an Australian Vietnamese to
MAY 13, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CONSIDERS SCALING BACK DEATH PENALTY
Dan Viet newspaper quoted a ministry official as saying the Ministry of Justice was drafting amendments to
MAY 5, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: EX PRISON GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG, GUN SMUGGLING
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City increased the sentence of a former prison guard from life to death for
APRIL 22, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: AMERICAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN
State media say a court in Vietnam has sentenced an American to death for heroin trafficking.
- APRIL 8, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: JUSTICE MINISTRY PROPOUNDS REDUCTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Tran Tien Dung, chief secretariat of the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice, said the Ministry had suggested the
APRIL 4, 2014ThailandDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THAI DRUG MULE
The Supreme People’s Court, Vietnam’s highest court, upheld the death sentence to a Thai woman for
- MARCH 24, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SLASHER ROBBER
A 21-year-old man who led a machete-armed gang that hacked off a woman's hand and violently robbed at
MARCH 21, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SAIGON WOMAN WANTS TO MARRY A DEATH ROW PRISONER
The Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City recently received the application of a 26-year-old
MARCH 13, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: BANKER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GRAND SCAM
A court in the Central Highlands gave the death sentence to a Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) executive
- FEBRUARY 11, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: UNITED NATIONS TO FREEZE COUNTER-NARCOTICS AID
three leading anti-death penalty groups have appealed to the United Nations to freeze counter-narcotics