Vietnam
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES6
- 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
- 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
- DECEMBER 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Bun was sentenced to death in southern Vietnam
Nguyen Van Bun was sentenced to death in southern Vietnam
- DECEMBER 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
six Vietnamese men were sentenced to death
six Vietnamese men were sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Hoang Anh Tu, 21, was sentenced to death
Nguyen Hoang Anh Tu, 21, was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 15, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a gang of 29 drug traffickers accused of smuggling up to 500 kilograms...
a gang of 29 drug traffickers accused of smuggling up to 500 kilograms...
- DECEMBER 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a Vietnamese court sentenced Nguyen Khac Diep to death
a Vietnamese court sentenced Nguyen Khac Diep to death
- DECEMBER 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Trang A Co, 27, was executed by firing squad
Trang A Co, 27, was executed by firing squad
- DECEMBER 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
six drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in southern Vietnam
six drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in southern Vietnam
- DECEMBER 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death 33-year-old Do Tien Si
the Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death 33-year-old Do Tien Si
- NOVEMBER 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Trung Kien, 31, was executed for murder
Hoang Trung Kien, 31, was executed for murder
- NOVEMBER 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Huu Hau, 24, was put to death at dawn by firing squad
Nguyen Huu Hau, 24, was put to death at dawn by firing squad