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 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
- MARCH 11, 2013PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
the Hanoi City People's Court trialed defendant Javier Engracia Ebalang...
the Hanoi City People's Court trialed defendant Javier Engracia Ebalang...
FEBRUARY 28, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CHINESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 11KG OF NARCOTICS
In Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court of Appeal rejected an
JANUARY 23, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM TO PRODUCE POISON FOR LETHAL INJECTION
At the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on crime prevention this morning, Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang said Vietnam would produce poison to serve the policy on conducting the death penalty by lethal injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam reduced the number of death penalty crimes from 44 to 29 in 1999.
Vietnam reduced the number of death penalty crimes from 44 to 29 in 1999.
DECEMBER 14, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Vietnam, the People’s Court of the mountainous northern province of Son La sentenced five members of a massive drug trafficking ring to death following a 10-day trial.
NOVEMBER 1, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS EXECUTION BY SHOOTING
In Vietnam, many National Assembly deputies expressed their lack of sympathy with
- NOVEMBER 1, 2012European UnionDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SAYS IT’S UNABLE TO EXECUTE ITS CRIMINALS BECAUSE EU REFUSING TO EXPORT LETHAL DRUGS
Vietnam says it can’t execute its hundreds of death row criminals because the European Union is refusing to export the lethal drugs used in the executions.
OCTOBER 31, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FILIPINA DRUG MULE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Vietnam sentenced a 61-year-old Filipina to death after she was caught smuggling
OCTOBER 25, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF GIRL AGED 4
In Vietnam, the Ha Noi People's Court sentenced Dang Tran Hoai , 26, of Ha Dong District
- OCTOBER 3, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
an appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death sentence...
an appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death sentence...