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
- JANUARY 20, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Van Hung, a senior official from Vietnam's National...
Pham Van Hung, a senior official from Vietnam's National Assembly, told a news conference that Vietnam's amended Penal Code cut by a third the number of crimes that carry the death penalty
- JANUARY 12, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four businessmen had their death sentences upheld by...
Four businessmen had their death sentences upheld by the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court
- JANUARY 1, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese courts handed down 208 death sentences and...
Vietnamese courts handed down 208 death sentences and 323 life sentences in 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In all, 194 people were sentenced to death last year
In all, 194 people were sentenced to death last year
- JANUARY 1, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
At least 76 prisoners were executed in 1999 for drug...
At least 76 prisoners were executed in 1999 for drug trafficking in the Southeast Asian nation
- JANUARY 1, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam's communist authorities impose the death penalty...
Vietnam's communist authorities impose the death penalty for a total of 29 different offences, including a string of economic crimes as well as murder, treason, drug trafficking, sexual offences against children and serious cases of armed robbery
- DECEMBER 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed...
On December 4, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Van Khai not to execute the 3 Cambodians sentenced to death on charges of drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 1, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In December, Vietnam's National Assembly approved further...
In December, Vietnam's National Assembly approved further amendments to the country's penal code that were expected to cut by a third the number of crimes punishable by death
- NOVEMBER 27, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On November 27, a Vietnamese court sentenced to death...
On November 27, a Vietnamese court sentenced to death Tran Thi Mai Huong, 39, and Dan Kien Theit, 42, two Ministry of Trade employees who were convicted of stealing some 1
- NOVEMBER 12, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On November 12, the Court of Appeal of Ho Chi Minh...
On November 12, the Court of Appeal of Ho Chi Minh City decided to uphold the death sentence on Tran Dam, head of a smuggling ring, and Phung Long That, former head of the Anti-smuggling Bureau (Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department), and life-imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed...
On November 4, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down the death penalty to 3 Cambodian nationals - Chuan Oi, Seng Bun Si and Tran The Trung - and two Vietnamese nationals - Quach Kim Thuan and Nguyen Hong Minh Thanh
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In November, the People's Court in the central province...
In November, the People's Court in the central province of Nghe An gave death sentences to 3 drug traffickers, including Xong Ra Long, Xong Gia Cua and Lu Nhia Vu