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
- JULY 2, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia urged Vietnam to spare two Australians...
Australia urged Vietnam to spare two Australians...
- JUNE 22, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
approximately 38 Degar Catholic believers attempted...
approximately 38 Degar Catholic believers attempted...
- JUNE 19, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONSIDERS REMOVING DEATH PENALTY ON 12 CRIMES
Vietnam is considering the possibility of abolishing the death penalty on 12 crimes
- JUNE 13, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH PENALTY FOR POLICE MURDER
Nguyen Van Chuong, 25, received the death penalty for the stabbing murder of 46-year-old Major Nguyen Van Sinh.
- JUNE 13, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: CONVICT FREED AFTER TWO DEATH SENTENCES
Tay Ninh Province resident Nguyen Minh Hung was released from jail despite twice being sentenced to death by local judges for trafficking heroin.
- JUNE 4, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT WANTS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Vietnam's head of state, Nguyen Minh Triet, explained his personal efforts to reduce
- MAY 30, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES OFFICIAL TO DEATH FOR STEALING DRUGS
a court in north-western Vietnam sentenced a law enforcement official and his cousin to death for stealing 10.7 kgs of drugs from a police...
- MAY 28, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE POST OFFICE CLERK SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THEFT
a court in Vietnam's southern province of Bac Lieu sentenced a female post office clerk to capital punishment for theft, national TV reported.
- APRIL 16, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Bac Giang People’s Court in Vietnam sentenced three to death for drug trafficking, four to life imprisonment and a total of 122 years in prison to another 13.
- APRIL 14, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the Vietnamese security police arrested and savagely killed...
the Vietnamese security police arrested and savagely killed two Degar (Montagnard) Christians named Y-Song Nie, 24, from the village of Buon Pok, commune Ea Kan, and Y-Huang Nie, 23, from the village of Buon Kreh, commune Ea Kan.
- APRIL 14, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
after his participation in the peaceful demonstration at the commune of Ea Knoec...
after his participation in the peaceful demonstration at the commune of Ea Knoec...
- APRIL 4, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. BRITISH MAN ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
A Vietnamese-born British citizen condemned to death for heroin trafficking has