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
- OCTOBER 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three ethnic minority Christians have been executed...
Three ethnic minority Christians have been executed by Vietnamese authorities as part of a recent crackdown on "illegal" Christian churches, according to the Montagnard Foundation, a human rights watch group based in South Carolina
- OCTOBER 4, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The number of known drug addicts in Vietnam has almost...
The number of known drug addicts in Vietnam has almost doubled to 131,733 over the past five years despite a government crackdown, state-controlled media reported
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia is maintaining diplomatic pressure on Vietnam...
Australia is maintaining diplomatic pressure on Vietnam to waive the death penalty against an Australian woman convicted of drug trafficking
- AUGUST 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Speaking in relation to Le My Linh, an Australian sentenced...
Speaking in relation to Le My Linh, an Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that the federal government had no sympathy for drug traffickers but was equally firm in its opposition to the dea
- AUGUST 29, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam...
A court in the southern Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam handed down the death sentence to an Australian of Vietnamese origin after she was found guilty of heroin trafficking
- AUGUST 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four...
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four women and one man to death after they were found guilty of drug trafficking
- AUGUST 2, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh...
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh Hai and Ta Kim Tien after convicting them of murder in the fatal shooting of one man during a gold store robbery
- JULY 30, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session...
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session and adopting final conclusions and recommendations, it remained concerned about the large number of crimes for which the death penalty might still be imposed in Viet Nam
- JULY 30, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session...
UN Human Rights Committee concludes seventy-fifth session and adopting final conclusions and recommendations, it remained concerned about the large number of crimes for which the death penalty might still be imposed in Viet Nam
- JULY 26, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee urged Communist Vietnam...
The UN Human Rights Committee urged Communist Vietnam to curb the number of crimes subject to the death penalty, end arbitrary detention and lift restrictions on freedom of expression
- JULY 26, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee urged Communist Vietnam...
The UN Human Rights Committee urged Communist Vietnam to curb the number of crimes subject to the death penalty, end arbitrary detention and lift restrictions on freedom of expression
- JUNE 28, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed for child rape in June, including...
Three men were executed for child rape in June, including a teacher convicted of raping six girls aged seven and eight