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
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On September 24, Visanu Chokthavee Sarp, 42, a Thai...
On September 24, Visanu Chokthavee Sarp, 42, a Thai businessman convicted of cheating a state firm of about US$176,000 in assets by the Vietnamese Appeal Court on July 2, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment following intervention by the T
- AUGUST 26, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced...
On August 26, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced to death Nguyen Van Chau, 39, who had killed 4 people in a gold-shop robbery five weeks previously
- AUGUST 4, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, after a trial lasting almost 3 months,...
On August 4, after a trial lasting almost 3 months, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down 6 death sentences and 6 of life imprisonment in the final hearing of the Minh Phung/Epco case in which 77 officials were charged with corruption
- JULY 22, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Viet Nam signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Viet Nam signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JUNE 26, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Also on June 26, Pham Hong Phong, another drug trafficker...
Also on June 26, Pham Hong Phong, another drug trafficker received the death sentence
- JUNE 26, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On June 26, the People's Supreme Court sentenced Ha...
On June 26, the People's Supreme Court sentenced Ha Van Thuy, a former customs officer in the Lai Chau Province Customs Department, to death
- JUNE 5, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On June 5, the amended Penal Code, with 24 chapters...
On June 5, the amended Penal Code, with 24 chapters and 340 articles, was approved by the National Assembly after heated debates on several issues, especially death sentences and the new crimes springing from the market economy
- MAY 1, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In May, Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc presented...
In May, Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc presented to the National Assembly (NA) the draft of the amended Penal Code containing new offenses arising from the market economy
- APRIL 27, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, Nguyen Dinh Quyen, Deputy Director of...
On April 27, Nguyen Dinh Quyen, Deputy Director of the National Assembly's law department said the revisions to the Penal Code would also attempt narrower definitions of crimes and the substitution of certain prison terms with financial penalties
- APRIL 12, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On April 12, the Hanoi People's Court gave a death...
On April 12, the Hanoi People's Court gave a death sentence to Vu Thi Duyen, 20, after concluding that she had killed Huong, her 4-year-old stepdaughter
- JANUARY 25, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said he...
On January 25, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said he wanted fewer death penalties handed down, and dislikes the use of firing squads
- JANUARY 1, 1999VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Since 1997, possession or smuggling at least 100g or...
Since 1997, possession or smuggling at least 100g or more of heroin, or 5kg or more of opium, has been punishable by death