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
- APRIL 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been...
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been sentenced to death the previous week in Vietnam's southern Ca Mau province for killing his wife's brother after a family dispute
- APRIL 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting...
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting to blow up the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok in 2001, was ordered extradited to Thailand to face terrorism-related charges
- APRIL 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Van Chung, an unemployed man, was sentenced to...
Tran Van Chung, an unemployed man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing a woman after she spurned his amorous advances
- APRIL 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's Dong Nai province sentenced Phan...
A court in Vietnam's Dong Nai province sentenced Phan Thanh Nhan, 21, to death after he was convicted of killing his pregnant lover in October 2003
- APRIL 19, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The justice sector in Vietnam would consider reviewing...
The justice sector in Vietnam would consider reviewing the list of offenses subject to the death penalty, especially economic crime, following public concern over the large number of executions in Vietnam
- APRIL 12, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- APRIL 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Ha , a Vietnamese woman convicted of trafficking...
Nguyen Thi Ha , a Vietnamese woman convicted of trafficking drug, was executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City
- APRIL 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Hiep, an abattoir worker, was sentenced...
Nguyen Van Hiep, an abattoir worker, was sentenced to death by the Ben Tre People's Court in Vietnam for killing a man who tried to break up a drunken argument he was having with a friend while playing billiards
- APRIL 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Hanoi, Vietnam, upheld the death...
An appeals court in Hanoi, Vietnam, upheld the death sentence La Thi Kim Oanh, a woman who embezzled millions of dollars from the government, while two vice ministers had their sentences reduced for their roles in the scam
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed...
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed down two death sentences to Nguyen Chi Dung, the head of an armed gang that preyed on goods trucks and vehicles in the southern Mekong Delta region
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict,...
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict, was put to death by firing squad at dawn in Ho Chi Minh City for murdering a motorbike taxi driver in January 2001 to fund his heroin addiction
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced...
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country from Laos