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
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the People's Court of northern Phu Tho province, Vietnam, sentenced to death two women for trafficking and possessing drugs.
- AUGUST 25, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HCM CITY FOR TRAFFICKING
the Ho Chi Minh City Appeal Court, Vietnam, upheld a death sentence to a convicted drug trafficker and raised from life imprisonment given to another to the death penalty.
- AUGUST 23, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES AUSTRALIAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Vietnam's President Tran Duc Luong commuted to life imprisonment a death sentence handed to Tran Van Thanh for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Vietnam court sentenced Chang Yuchia, 20, a Chinese national, to death for drug trafficking
a Vietnam court sentenced Chang Yuchia, 20, a Chinese national, to death for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Khac Diep, 23, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nguyen Khac Diep, 23, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- AUGUST 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Duong Van Hung, 37, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Duong Van Hung, 37, was executed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- AUGUST 17, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Nguyen Le Duy Linh, 32, was executed for murder in Vietnam’s southern Long An province.
- AUGUST 16, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Tran Van Binh, 48, was put to death for murder in the northern Vietnamese port city of Hai Phong.
- AUGUST 11, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. JUSTICE MINISTRY PROPOSES LETHAL INJECTION AS ADDITIONAL EXECUTION METHOD
Vietnam’s justice ministry introduced a draft legislation proposing lethal injection as an alternative method of executing death sentences. The ministry said lethal injection would help relieve executioners of the psychological pressure they suffered whil
- AUGUST 3, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
five men sentenced to death for drug trafficking, murder and robbery were executed by firing squad
five men sentenced to death for drug trafficking, murder and robbery were executed by firing squad
- JULY 29, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO VIETNAM FOR CLEMENCY FOR AUSTRALIANS ON DEATH ROW
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he had appealed to Vietnam for clemency for two Australians facing the death penalty for drug smuggling.
- JULY 12, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN DEATH-ROW CONVICT LOSES DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
a 45-year-old Australian of Vietnamese origin has lost his appeal against his death sentence for trafficking heroin in Vietnam, state media say.