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
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to...
Courts nationwide handed down the death sentence to 77 drug traffickers and life imprisonment to 88 between the fourth quarter of 2000 and first nine months of 2001, reported the An Ninh Thu Do(Capital Security) newspaper
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling is facing the possible death penalty in Vietnam in a case which could strain diplomatic relations between Canberra and Hanoi
- OCTOBER 19, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Police newspaper said dozens had...
The Ho Chi Minh City Police newspaper said dozens had been sentenced to death in Vietnam so far in 2001 for drug-related offences
- OCTOBER 4, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which it calls on the Vietnamese authorities to abolish the death sentence (and, in the meantime, guarantee the implementation of a moratorium) and to ratify the second optional protocol to the International
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tang Minh Phung and Pham Nhat Hong were sentenced to...
Tang Minh Phung and Pham Nhat Hong were sentenced to death for appropriating VND32 billion from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Vietnam-HCMC branch
- AUGUST 18, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
12 drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
12 drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
- AUGUST 17, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court of Thanh Hoa Province in central...
The People's Court of Thanh Hoa Province in central Vietnam handed down 12 death penalty verdicts and seven life sentences to 19 of 24 defendants charged with drug trafficking
- AUGUST 2, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death...
Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court sentenced to death a woman, Do Thi My Phuong, on charges of being the ringleader of a major smuggling ring
- JULY 26, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The supreme appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld...
The supreme appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld death penalties against three inmates convicted of drug trafficking, but commuted the sentence of the fourth
- JULY 3, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Supreme Court has issued a resolution...
The People's Supreme Court has issued a resolution guiding the implementation of six Criminal Law regulations
- JULY 3, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The punishment imposed on heroin traffickers is to...
The punishment imposed on heroin traffickers is to be reduced, the vice chief justice of the Criminal Court Dinh Van Que said
- JUNE 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The central Ha Tinh Province's Court of Appeal upheld...
The central Ha Tinh Province's Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences passed by a lower court on seven people found guilty of drug trafficking and circulating counterfeit dollars