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 2, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM COURT CONDEMNS FOUR TO DEATH
a Vietnamese court in the northern province of Bac Giang sentenced Ta Van Uu, 49, Tran Van Thao, 35, Nguyen Van Hong, 31, and Nguyen The Hai, 31, to death for heroin trafficking, an official said.
- JULY 6, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM DELAYS LETHAL INJECTION PLAN
Vietnam was supposed to execute the condemned by lethal injection as of July
JULY 4, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN PARTY OFFICIAL MURDER CASE
Vietnam's top court upheld the death sentences of two men for an attack that left a Communist Party
JUNE 13, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCES TO BE EXECUTED BY POISON
the Law on Execution of Criminal Sentences will take effect as of July 1, 2011, under
- JUNE 2, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOMEMADE BOMB ATTACK
Dinh Van Quyet, 25, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for using a homemade bomb to kill his lover's mother and 7-year-old daughter...
APRIL 21, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nigerian man Nnaji David Ete, 33, to
APRIL 6, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OFFICIAL
A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced two men to death for murdering
- MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT GIVES NIGERIAN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has sentenced a Nigerian man to death for drug smuggling
MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
Nigerian national Michael Ikenna Nduanya, 34, was sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh
- JANUARY 1, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
NOVEMBER 11, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
at an appeal trial the Vietnamese People’s Supreme Court confirmed Nguyen Duc Nghia's death
OCTOBER 12, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Tran The Long was sentenced to death in Vietnam by the Ha Noi People's Court