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 26, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
three Vietnamese were sentenced to death
three Vietnamese were sentenced to death
- JANUARY 25, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Danh Hai, a 20-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death
Danh Hai, a 20-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 24, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a Vietnamese court sentenced 17 people to death
a Vietnamese court sentenced 17 people to death
- JANUARY 17, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Thai Anh Tu, a 19-year-old man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam
Thai Anh Tu, a 19-year-old man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam
- JANUARY 14, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Van, a former coach of the Vietnamese national tae kwon do team, was executed
Nguyen Van Van, a former coach of the Vietnamese national tae kwon do team, was executed
- JANUARY 11, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam
six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam
- JANUARY 8, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
three Vietnamese were executed by firing squad
three Vietnamese were executed by firing squad
- JANUARY 7, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Han, a 21-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death
Nguyen Van Han, a 21-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Lam Bich Thuy and Do Cong Toan, a man and a woman, were sentenced to death
Lam Bich Thuy and Do Cong Toan, a man and a woman, were sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
two women were executed for drug trafficking
two women were executed for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
six Vietnamese were sentenced to death by firing squad
six Vietnamese were sentenced to death by firing squad
- DECEMBER 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Tuyen, 41, was executed by the firing squad
Nguyen Van Tuyen, 41, was executed by the firing squad