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 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 PENALTY
VIETNAM 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 PENALTY
CHINESE 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 PENALTY
VIETNAM: 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 PENALTY
117 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, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 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
MAY 24, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: GANG OF GOLD THIEVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced three men to death for their part in a gang
- MAY 15, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CHANGES LAW TO ALLOW DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED POISON IN LETHAL INJECTION
Vietnam has issued a new law allowing domestically produced chemicals to be used to