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
- JUNE 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vu Xuan Lich and Tong Van Loi, leaders of a 16 member...
Vu Xuan Lich and Tong Van Loi, leaders of a 16 member ring that smuggled heroin from Laos to Vietnam, were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Lai Chau province in Vietnam
- JUNE 6, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Thi Kim Phuong, a 44 year old Vietnamese business...
Le Thi Kim Phuong, a 44 year old Vietnamese business woman, came one step closer to facing the firing squad after the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court rejected her appeal against the death sentence for running a fraudulent investment scheme
- JUNE 5, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nam Cam, 56, known as Vietnam's most powerful mafia...
Nam Cam, 56, known as Vietnam's most powerful mafia boss, was sentenced to death, together with five of his henchmen, following a trial that exposed a web of corruption at the heart of the country's political system
- MAY 31, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Cao Duc Bao, a 42-year-old Vietnamese man, was executed...
Cao Duc Bao, a 42-year-old Vietnamese man, was executed by firing squad in Hanoi after being convicted of murdering his friend during a drunken quarrel
- MAY 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Nguyen Huu Toan, "a Vietnamese...
It was reported that Nguyen Huu Toan, "a Vietnamese drug addict", was sentenced to death for murdering a friend "to steal and sell his jewellery to pay for his next fix", a Ho Chi Minh City court said
- MAY 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Phan Hoai Linh, a 36 year old Vietnamese man convicted...
Phan Hoai Linh, a 36 year old Vietnamese man convicted of child rape, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam's central city of Danang
- MAY 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court sentenced to death Denchai Nuntipanich,...
A Vietnamese court sentenced to death Denchai Nuntipanich, a 33 year old Thai national, after convicting him of participating in an illegal football gambling ring and killing a punter to avoid paying out a 45,000 dollar bet, a court official said
- MAY 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vu Van Tam, a 22-year-old unemployed Vietnamese man,...
Vu Van Tam, a 22-year-old unemployed Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death by firing squad after being convicted of murdering a schoolboy to steal his bicycle
- MAY 16, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Minh Cong, 31, convicted of trafficking 1
Tran Minh Cong, 31, convicted of trafficking 1
- MAY 16, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Chu Van Hoc, 33, was executed by firing squad in Hanoi
Chu Van Hoc, 33, was executed by firing squad in Hanoi
- MAY 16, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two men on death row in Vietnam had their sentences...
Two men on death row in Vietnam had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong
- MAY 13, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Toai, a 64-year-old Vietnamese man from...
Nguyen Van Toai, a 64-year-old Vietnamese man from Nghe An province near the Lao border was sentenced to death by firing squad after being convicted of opium trafficking