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
- OCTOBER 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for raping...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for raping and killing a woman in her home
- OCTOBER 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by...
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by firing squad and three others received life terms in jail as courts enforced a zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Quoc Thang, 34, was put to death at dawn at...
Nguyen Quoc Thang, 34, was put to death at dawn at the Cau Nga execution site in Hanoi's Tu Liem district, Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Lo Van Tuoi, 40, was put to death at dawn at the Cau...
Lo Van Tuoi, 40, was put to death at dawn at the Cau Nga execution site in Hanoi's Tu Liem district, Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death...
A 27-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death in Vietnam for murdering his girlfriend following a succession of quarrels
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men, including a father and son, were executed...
Three men, including a father and son, were executed for separate murders in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ly Thi Ai was sentenced to death after it was discovered...
Ly Thi Ai was sentenced to death after it was discovered that she had lied about her son's age at her trial in order to escape the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Minh, a 36 year old Vietnamese woman, was...
Nguyen Anh Minh, a 36 year old Vietnamese woman, was sentenced to death for attempting to traffic heroin to Taiwan
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam...
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam while two of their gang members were jailed for life
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad...
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam as part of the communist nation's zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Van Thanh, a 54 year old Vietnamese farmer, was...
Le Van Thanh, a 54 year old Vietnamese farmer, was sentenced to death for murdering his lover and attempting to rape her 15-year-old daughter after a bitter quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Thanh Van, a woman convicted of poisoning 13 people...
Le Thanh Van, a woman convicted of poisoning 13 people with cyanide in order to rob them, was sentenced to death