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
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International...
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, released the following statement on the impending execution of Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese foreign national who was on death row in Oklahoma and schedule
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Tien, a 21-year-old Vietnamese man, was...
Nguyen Van Tien, a 21-year-old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death by firing squad after being convicted of murdering and robbing a woman to fund the purchase of a fighting cock
- FEBRUARY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was considering a response...
The European Union said it was considering a response to the decision by Vietnam's Government to stop releasing details about the use of the death penalty in the country
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including two women, were executed by...
Four people, including two women, were executed by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted on murder and drug trafficking charges an official said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, upheld the...
The Hanoi Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, upheld the death sentences handed down to the three men and a woman in August 2003 for smuggling heroin and opium into the country from Laos
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad...
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad in southern Vietnam's Tien Giang province, after being sentenced to death for running a robbery network
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentenced to death Nguyen Van Tuyen, 40, after finding him guilty of stabbing his partner in the neck with a screwdriver and beating her with a hoe on July 4, 2003
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi, 20, in November 2003 should stand
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi in November 2003 for murdering a 10-year-old girl should stand
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds told Swedish...
Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds told Swedish Radio that Vietnam would try to abolish the death penalty within 10 years but had problems convincing the public that capital punishment was not needed