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 13, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ly A Va and Va A Say, to two ethnic men in northern...
Ly A Va and Va A Say, to two ethnic men in northern mountainous Lai Chau province, were sentenced to death for murder and drug trafficking
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press Reuters that has not verified it and does not vouch for it accuracy reported that a court in the northern province of Lai Chau has sentenced to death two people found guilty of killing an ant
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were shot aftre being convicted of raping minors
- JUNE 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing...
Nguyen Van Lap and Pho Van Chinh were executed by firing squad in Vietnam for raping minors
- JUNE 11, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing his parents with a meal laced with rat poison, a court official said
- JUNE 10, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling his 107-year-old grandfather, a court official said
- JUNE 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils...
Vietnam executed a school teacher for raping six pupils aged between seven and eight, despite an appeal for clemency by parents' of his victims, a court official said
- JUNE 6, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were...
Bui Hiep Thang, Ngo Anh Cuong and Pham Quang Huy were shot in Vietnam for murder
- MAY 27, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in...
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in HCMC on Taiwanese Chen Chi Tien who was arrested in May 1995 in the city when producing heavy narcotics (methamphetamines) under cover of a soap factory
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Tram Huy, a 68 year old Vietnamese-Chinese, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press, reported by Reuters it was said that police investigators have proposed prosecuting 10 people for alleged relations to an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring from which two separate court