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
- JANUARY 1, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- DECEMBER 30, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING HEROIN
A Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced five men to death for joining a 14-strong gang to
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
TWO GET DEATH IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
a Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced Vietnamese woman Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, 40, to death
NOVEMBER 23, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS
an appellate court in the southern province of Dong Nai, Vietnam, sentenced a 26-
NOVEMBER 22, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: VIETNAMESE WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Presiding Judge Bambang Eka Putra of the Boyolali District Court in Indonesia sentenced
OCTOBER 26, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM READY FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS: CHIEF JUDGE
from November 1, condemned prisoners in Vietnam will be executed by lethal injections,
- OCTOBER 21, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED AT APPEAL COURT
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City appeal court confirmed the death penalty of
- OCTOBER 5, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for heroin trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO USE LETHAL INJECTIONS FROM NOVEMBER
the government has decreed that executions will be carried out by lethal injection
- AUGUST 30, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
in northern Vietnam, the People’s Court in Hoa Binh province sentenced six unidentified
- AUGUST 23, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SETTING FIRE TO FAMILY
the People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nguyen Van Hay, 39, to
- AUGUST 4, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
EX-COP GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
a court in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Duong sentenced former policeman Tran Nguyen Xuan Phuong, 32, to death for robbing and killing three women to cover gambling debts.