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
- JULY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam...
Five men were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam for rape and murder
- JULY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese national Nguyen Van Hung, 28, was sentenced...
Vietnamese national Nguyen Van Hung, 28, was sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City after was found guilty of stabbing to death Tran Dac Phong in October 2000 and stealing his motorcycle
- JUNE 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Cong Tuan and Nguyen Van Giang were sentenced...
Nguyen Cong Tuan and Nguyen Van Giang were sentenced to death after being convicted by a court in Vietnam's southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Hinh City of murdering a friend in order to loot his house
- JUNE 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Son, a 36-year-old man, was sentenced to death by...
Ho Son, a 36-year-old man, was sentenced to death by Ho Chi Minh City People's Court in Vietnam for murdering a man, Tran Van Hung, in April 2002 and stealing his motorbike while in a drunken state
- JUNE 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of trafficking heroin and ecstasy...
Six people convicted of trafficking heroin and ecstasy into Vietnam from Cambodia were sentenced to death by the People's court of Tay Ninh in southern Vietnam
- JUNE 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Hong Truong, a Vietnamese prisoner who was had...
Tran Hong Truong, a Vietnamese prisoner who was had been jailed for robbery, was sentenced to death for murdering another prison inmate
- JUNE 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Pham Xuan Thang, 35, for stabbing a man to death following a brawl at a bar in August 2003
- JUNE 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
To Van Tuan, 26, was sentenced to death by a court...
To Van Tuan, 26, was sentenced to death by a court in Vietnam's southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City for stabbing to death his ex-lover in November 2003 after she left him
- JUNE 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing...
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a jealous rage
- JUNE 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Thi, a 31-year-old farmer, was sentenced...
Nguyen Van Thi, a 31-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the provincial court of Dak Lak province in Vietnam after being convicted of raping and murdering a woman
- JUNE 3, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
One of Vietnam's most notorious gangsters, Truong Van...
One of Vietnam's most notorious gangsters, Truong Van Cam, better known as Nam Cam, was executed for murder and bribery along with four of his men
- JUNE 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
four men named Nam Cam, Nguyen Viet Hung, Chau Phat Lai Em and Pham Van Minh were executed
four men named Nam Cam, Nguyen Viet Hung, Chau Phat Lai Em and Pham Van Minh were executed