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
- NOVEMBER 9, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
a Vietnamese court sentenced three women to death and two other people to life
- NOVEMBER 1, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONSIDERS REDUCING DEATH SENTENCES
Vietnam is considering the possibility of reducing the number of economic offences, excluding corruption
- OCTOBER 31, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
VIETNAMESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM
a Vietnamese court handed the death penalty to an Australian man it found guilty of trafficking almost one kilogram of heroin.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court gave death sentences to three Vietnamese
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death and two others to life imprisonment
- AUGUST 31, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thanh Hai was granted compensation of approximately...
Nguyen Thanh Hai was granted compensation of approximately...
- JUNE 14, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD ON SEVEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, PRODUCING
the People's Supreme Court in Son La, Vietnam, upheld death sentences for seven defendants on the charges of producing, trading and transporting large volumes of drugs.
- JUNE 4, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced two people to death and seven others to life in prison for heroin trafficking.
- MAY 28, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FOUR RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Ho Chi Minh City court in Vietnam sentenced four drug traffickers, including a woman, to death for leading a ring trading in over 10,000 ecstasy pills, 700g of methamphetamine, 600g of heroin and 600g of ketamin in 2003-2005.
- MAY 21, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. HO CHI MINH CITY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS
a court in Ho Chi Minh City Monday rejected appeals against death sentences
- APRIL 6, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRITISH CITIZEN
a Vietnam appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed on a British citizen of Vietnamese origin who was convicted of heroin trafficking, state-controlled media reported.