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
- AUGUST 21, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a Thai drug smuggler has been sentenced to death in Vietnam
a Thai drug smuggler has been sentenced to death in Vietnam
- AUGUST 19, 2013NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced a Nigerian man to death
a Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced a Nigerian man to death
- AUGUST 9, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the UN’s Human Rights Office voiced concern about Vietnam resuming executions after a
the UN’s Human Rights Office voiced concern about Vietnam resuming executions after a
AUGUST 6, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM EXECUTES FIRST PRISONER WITH LETHAL INJECTION
A 27-year-old man convicted of murder and robbery has become the first death-row prisoner to be executed with the lethal injection in Vietnam.
JULY 24, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE HEROIN OUT OF VIETNAM
A Chinese woman was sentenced to death in Hanoi for trying to smuggle nearly four
JULY 16, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING, ADDING TO DEATH ROW WHILE EXECUTIONS DELAYED
A Vietnamese court has sentenced five people to death for dealing heroin, lengthening the
- JULY 10, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a Vietnamese court sentenced four men to death for dealing in heroin.
a Vietnamese court sentenced four men to death for dealing in heroin.
JULY 4, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE DELIVERED TO THREE DRUG DEALERS
Three drug dealers got the death penalty and two others from the same ring were sentenced
- JUNE 25, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Du Kim Lien, 45, had her death sentence
Du Kim Lien, 45, had her death sentence
JUNE 19, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY117 INMATES TO BE EXECUTED WITH LETHAL INJECTIONS MADE IN VIETNAM
As many as 117 death-row inmates will be given lethal injections made in Vietnam beginning June
- MAY 30, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR CHINESE DRUG MULE
In Vietnam, the Supreme People’s Court upheld the death penalty handed down by a provincial
MAY 29, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: EIGHT MONTAGNARDS JAILED FOR ‘UNDERMINING NATIONAL UNITY’
A court in Vietnam’s Central Highlands sentenced eight ethnic minority Montagnards affiliated