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 28, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE LAWYER ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
a Vietnamese lawyer acting as a consultant for the Democratic Party of Vietnam was found guilty of activities aimed at ending communist rule, but had his death sentence commuted to five years’ imprisonment.
JANUARY 19, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE HANDED TO SIX DRUG TRADERS
a court in Vietnam’s northern Lai Chau province sentenced six people to
- JANUARY 16, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR QUANG NINH MURDERS
in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam, Dang The Son, 30, and Phan Huy Nam, 34, were sentenced to death by the provincial People’s Court for gunning down six people on December 14, 2008.
- JANUARY 1, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- DECEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province sentenced Chinese nationals Lu Minh Cheng, Chan Kwok Kwong, Ieong Chi Kai, Wang Hui Lan and Ngan Chiu Kuen to death.
- DECEMBER 23, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CHARGES HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
Vietnam has charged a well-known human rights lawyer and his associates with subversion, a charge that
- DECEMBER 1, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POLICE KILLINGS
the Da Nang City People’s Court in Vietnam sentenced Pham Dinh Duong to death for killing a police officer on September 21.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TEENAGER GETS DEATH FOR FATHER’S MURDER
in Vietnam’s Hai Duong Province, Nghiem Viet Thanh, 18, was sentenced to death for killing his father before taking his money to clear his debts.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: KOREAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING VIETNAMESE LOVER
the Vietnamese Supreme Court sentenced South Korean national Kim Ki Jong, 26, to death for strangling his South Korean lover, Dao Thi H., in September, 2008, and burning her body.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO WOMEN GET DEATH, EX-COPS JAIL IN DRUG SCANDAL
Two women leaders of a drug dealing ring in Hanoi, Vietnam, were sentenced to death in a case that also saw six former police officers of the capital city get prison terms.
AUGUST 21, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CREDITOR
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court sentenced Chau Hung Son, 49, to death for killing his
- JUNE 30, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced a man to death for killing a female neighbour in a robbery, Huynh Thi Viet Tien, tribunal president, said