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 31, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
Presiding Judge Luong Van Hien of the People's Court of Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam
- JANUARY 29, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER
Le Van Son and Tran Thanh Sang were sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam...
- 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 PENALTYVIETNAM 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, 2009VietnamDEATH 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.