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, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Vietnam voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death...
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence for corruption given to Truong Thi Thanh Huong, the director of a state-run company in Vietnam
- APRIL 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An unnamed 46-year-old man convicted of illegal drug...
An unnamed 46-year-old man convicted of illegal drug production was sentenced to death in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City
- APRIL 17, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the local court in the Mekong...
It was reported that the local court in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang had sentenced to death Phan Thanh Hung, 24, for raping and killing a woman and stealing her jewellery
- APRIL 14, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Ba Ria Vung Tau sentenced to...
The People's Court in Ba Ria Vung Tau sentenced to death Pham Van Dzung, found guilty of trading and possessing a total of 33
- APRIL 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Van Dung, 42, was sentenced to death for trafficking...
Pham Van Dung, 42, was sentenced to death for trafficking opium and heroin under Vietnam's tough anti-drug laws
- APRIL 3, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Montagnard Foundation (MFI) accused Vietnam of...
The Montagnard Foundation (MFI) accused Vietnam of having executed three members of a Protestant church in the Central Highlands and said others were arrested in several security operations
- MARCH 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private...
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private enterprise, a trading company, was sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City for "defrauding and appropriating public property"
- MARCH 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of...
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of murdering a friend to steal his motorcycle was blindfolded, tied to a stake and executed by firing squad in Hanoi
- MARCH 21, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murdering two of his cousins and...
A man convicted of murdering two of his cousins and seriously wounding a woman was executed by firing squad in northern Vietnam
- MARCH 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
That a Vietnamese man who raped and murdered a 48-year-old...
That a Vietnamese man who raped and murdered a 48-year-old woman was sentenced to death, Agence France-Presse reported
- MARCH 14, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death...
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death for trafficking nearly 90 kilograms of heroin