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
DECEMBER 30, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: HCMC COURT SENTENCES 27 TO DEATH IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
The HCMC People's Court sentenced a Vietnamese drug lord and her 26 subordinates to death on December 27, 2024 for drug trafficking
DECEMBER 16, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 100 KG OF DRUGS
A Vietnamese-Canadian man, along with three accomplices, was sentenced to death on December 16, 2024 for trafficking over 100 kg of drugs into Vietnam.
DECEMBER 3, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS TYCOON’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR $12BN BANK FRAUD
A Vietnamese court on December 3, 2024 rejected a real estate tycoon’s appeal, upholding the death sentence handed down for the embezzlement of $12bn.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2024BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS OPPOSITION FEARS FOR FORMER UKRAINE VOLUNTEER EXTRADITED BY VIETNAM
Vietnam has extradited a prominent Belarusian opposition figure to Belarus where he faces a heavy prison sentence or possibly the death penalty, according to exiled opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko.
OCTOBER 2, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: EX-GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THEFT
A Hanoi court sentenced the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology’s former chief accountant to death after Nguyen Hoang was convicted of embezzling more than 152 billion dong ($6.2 million), the Vietnam government’s website reported on September
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, RAPING HANOI WOMAN
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 21-year-old woman who worked as an apartment manager in Hanoi.
JUNE 6, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO KILLED PARENTS WHILE HIGH ON DRUGS
A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced a man to death on June 4, 2024 for murdering both of his parents during a drug-induced hallucination.
- APRIL 11, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES REAL ESTATE TYCOON TRUONG MY LAN TO DEATH IN ITS LARGEST-EVER FRAUD CASE
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced on April 11, 2024 to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever.
MARCH 6, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING DRUGS, EYEING 50% PROFIT
A court in Nghe An Province has sentenced a man to death and a woman accomplice to 20 years in prison for selling 4.3 kg of drugs.
FEBRUARY 12, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FIVE INMATES
The President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong on February 6, 2024 signed a decision to commute the death penalty to life in prison for five convicts
JANUARY 23, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT SENTENCES 9 PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in Vietnam on January 22, 2024 sentenced nine people to death after being convicted of involvement in one of the country's largest drug trafficking cases in months, state media reported.
DECEMBER 29, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BANK CAPER MURDER
A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in Da Nang was sentenced to death on December 28, 2023 for killing a security guard who chased him from the crime scene.