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
- FEBRUARY 7, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM . THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced three people to death and jailed 52 others for running a huge heroin
- FEBRUARY 6, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FEMALE LAND AGENT GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a female land agent was sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh City for bribery, cover-up and trickery. The
- JANUARY 29, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES 8 DRUG TRAFFICKERS, PRODUCERS TO DEATH
a Vietnamese court handed down eight death sentences and 13 life imprisonment on local people on drugs charges. The People's Court of northern Son La province passed the death sentences on Trinh Nguyen
- JANUARY 22, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
NEW MOM ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY IN VIETNAM
the People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City handed death penalties for five leaders of a large drug gang.
- JANUARY 1, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for drug trafficking, with a police officer getting a life sentence.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the People's Court of Hanoi, Vietnam, sentenced two men to death, and passed life sentences on two others and jail terms of between one year and 30 years on six more for trafficking and transporting drugs.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONDEMNS SIXHEROIN TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
a court in Hanoi, Vietnam...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES FOUR INCLUDING BRITISH CITIZEN TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced to death four people, including a British citizen of Vietnamese origin, after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING SPARED DEATH PENALTY
Trinh Huu, an Australian national convicted of drug smuggling, was spared death by firing squad when the Vietnamese government granted him clemency.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH ROW PRISONER FOUND PREGNANT, TO FACE LIFE SENTENCE INSTEAD
a woman sentenced to death in Vietnam for smuggling heroin and detained in isolation became pregnant and would thus have her sentence commuted to life imprisonment, her lawyer said.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Vietnam's president commuted a death sentence on the former head of a state-run company found guilty of massive embezzlement, officials said.