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 26, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In a report by Nguyen Ba Chuyen entitled: "Drug-related...
In a report by Nguyen Ba Chuyen entitled: "Drug-related crimes in Nghe An are still an urgent Problem" by Vietnamese army newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan on 26 April it was said that in Hung Long, a village with about 5,000 residents in Hung Nguyen district a
- APRIL 25, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Vietnam voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 13, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Communist Vietnam is considering a reduction in the...
Communist Vietnam is considering a reduction in the number of crimes punishable by death and is seeking an alternative to the firing squad for executions, state-controlled media said Saturday
- APRIL 4, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's Mekong Delta sentenced a man to...
A court in Vietnam's Mekong Delta sentenced a man to death after he was found guilty of killing four women as sacrifices for his ritual beliefs
- APRIL 3, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people, one a women,...
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people, one a women, to death by firing squad and two to life in prison after they were found guilty of trafficking 346 kg of opium, official media reported
- MARCH 22, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
One of Vietnam's most senior police officers spoke...
One of Vietnam's most senior police officers spoke out against the death penalty, saying statistics show it does nothing to cut crime
- MARCH 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The decade-old Law on the Organization of People's...
The decade-old Law on the Organization of People's Courts is in urgent need of an overhaul to bring it up to date with the country's fast-changing circumstances, according to the nation's top judge
- JANUARY 30, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman faces a death sentence in Vietnam...
An Australian woman faces a death sentence in Vietnam after being arrested at Ho Chi Minh City's international airport carrying more than 800g of heroin
- JANUARY 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights...
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee, Vietnam detailed how it plans to deal with death-row appeals
- JANUARY 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were...
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's Nghe An province, according to a report of Vietnam's official news agency VNA
- JANUARY 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
7 unnamed men were shot to death for murder and drug...
7 unnamed men were shot to death for murder and drug related crimes
- JANUARY 14, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese law provides the death penalty for anyone...
Vietnamese law provides the death penalty for anyone found guilty of embezzling 500 million dong ($33,108) or more of state property