Vietnam 2002
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News on Vietnam in 2002
- MAY 27, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human...
Australia held inaugural talks with Vietnam on human rights and raised concerns about the treatment of dissidents and Australians facing possible death sentences in Vietnam
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in...
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in HCMC on Taiwanese Chen Chi Tien who was arrested in May 1995 in the city when producing heavy narcotics (methamphetamines) under cover of a soap factory
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Tram Huy, a 68 year old Vietnamese-Chinese, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 7, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese...
In some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press, reported by Reuters it was said that police investigators have proposed prosecuting 10 people for alleged relations to an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring from which two separate court
- 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
- JANUARY 12, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court handed down four death sentences...
A Vietnamese court handed down four death sentences for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Anyone found in possession of 100g or more of heroin...
Anyone found in possession of 100g or more of heroin in Vietnam faces the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts sentenced 55 people to death in 2001 on drug-related...
Courts sentenced 55 people to death in 2001 on drug-related charges, according to government figures
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is handed down in Vietnam for murder,...
The death penalty is handed down in Vietnam for murder, trafficking in more than 600 grams of heroin and corruption involving theft of 500 million dong ($32,980) or more of state property
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In Vietnam counterfeiters or traders of counterfeit...
In Vietnam counterfeiters or traders of counterfeit goods may be imprisoned, and in particularly serious cases, may be subject to the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Serious sex crimes are punished with the death penalty...
Serious sex crimes are punished with the death penalty in Vietnam