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
OCTOBER 14, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FILIPINA RECEIVES DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A Filipino woman in southern Tay Ninh Province was sentenced to death on 9 October 2020 for smuggling about 5 kg of drugs.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DRUG MULE GETS DEATH PENALTY
A court in the north-central province of Ha Tinh sentenced a drug mule to death on 18 September 2020.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MALAYSIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRANSPORTING DRUGS
A Vietnamese court on 24 August 2020 sentenced a Malaysian woman to death for transporting 3.3 kg of cocaine from Brazil to Vietnam.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BLOODY LAND CLASH
A Vietnamese court sentenced two brothers to death and handed prison terms or probation to 27 others on 14 September 2020, for their roles in the high-profile killings of three policemen in a clash over land rights, the security ministry and a lawyer said
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DRUG DELIVERIES DELIVER DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN
A 42-year-old Vietnamese man was sentenced to death on 17 August 2020 for delivering many packages of drugs for a Cambodian woman known only as Roem.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in the central province of Nghe An on 10 August 2020 sentenced four men to death for trafficking 28.7 kilograms of methamphetamine from Laos.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SINGAPOREAN DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The People’s Court of the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh on 7 August 2020 handed a death penalty to a 40-year-old Singaporean man for drug trafficking.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SEVEN MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Seven men residing in the northwestern border province of Dien Bien were sentenced to death on 21 August 2020 for drug trafficking.
AUGUST 1, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CAMBODIAN CROSS-BORDER DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The People's Court of the southern province of Tay Ninh handed a death penalty to a Cambodian drug trafficker during a trial on 31 July 2020.
JULY 27, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FIVE DEATH SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN DRUG CASE
The People’s Court of HCM City on 27 July 2020 handed down five death sentences and four terms of life imprisonment to defendants involved in a major drug ring led by Van Kinh Duong.
JULY 23, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HCMC
The HCMC People’s Court on 22 July 2020 sentenced two men to death for trafficking over 44 kg of ecstasy pills from Cambodia in 2018.
JULY 7, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: WOMAN CHARGED WITH DOUBLE HOMICIDE RECEIVES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
A woman who murdered two men and encased their corpses in concrete on 3 July 2020 was sentenced to death in Vietnam.