Vietnam 2004
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Vietnam in 2004
- JUNE 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing...
Tran Trung Dung, 23, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend in a jealous rage
- JUNE 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Thi, a 31-year-old farmer, was sentenced...
Nguyen Van Thi, a 31-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the provincial court of Dak Lak province in Vietnam after being convicted of raping and murdering a woman
- JUNE 3, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
One of Vietnam's most notorious gangsters, Truong Van...
One of Vietnam's most notorious gangsters, Truong Van Cam, better known as Nam Cam, was executed for murder and bribery along with four of his men
- JUNE 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
four men named Nam Cam, Nguyen Viet Hung, Chau Phat Lai Em and Pham Van Minh were executed
four men named Nam Cam, Nguyen Viet Hung, Chau Phat Lai Em and Pham Van Minh were executed
- MAY 29, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Van Xuan, a 27-year-old builder, was sentenced...
Hoang Van Xuan, a 27-year-old builder, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering three members of one family and looting their house
- MAY 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to...
Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his female companion Nguyen Thi Lan in September 2002 in order to steal her motorbike
- MAY 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vang Sao Ngan, 21, was sentenced to death by a court...
Vang Sao Ngan, 21, was sentenced to death by a court in the northern province of Ha Giang, Vietnam, for killing his pregnant fiancé and her mother after his lover refused to live with him
- MAY 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Duc Thi, 32, was sentenced to death after being...
Le Duc Thi, 32, was sentenced to death after being found guilty by a court in Vietnam's central province of Binh Dinh of beating to death his 73-year-old great-aunt on March 6, 2004 after she refused to lend him money
- MAY 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Le Minh Duc, 20, for killing and robbing his 52-year-old neighbour in November 2003
- MAY 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death in Vietnam for...
Three people were sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking, state media reported
- MAY 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's northern province of Hai Duong...
A court in Vietnam's northern province of Hai Duong sentenced to death Tran Huy Son after finding him guilty of running a syndicate that smuggled 390 million dong (25,000 dollars) in counterfeit Vietnamese banknotes from China in 2002
- MAY 11, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that three people were put to death...
It was reported that three people were put to death at dawn in Vietnam at the Cau Nga execution site in the capital's Tu Liem district
- MAY 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation...
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians, a communiqué was released stating, "the president of the parliamentary foreign commission, Gustavo Selva, highlighted the lack of human rights in the country, demonstr
- APRIL 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been...
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been sentenced to death the previous week in Vietnam's southern Ca Mau province for killing his wife's brother after a family dispute
- APRIL 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting...
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting to blow up the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok in 2001, was ordered extradited to Thailand to face terrorism-related charges
- APRIL 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Van Chung, an unemployed man, was sentenced to...
Tran Van Chung, an unemployed man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing a woman after she spurned his amorous advances
- APRIL 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's Dong Nai province sentenced Phan...
A court in Vietnam's Dong Nai province sentenced Phan Thanh Nhan, 21, to death after he was convicted of killing his pregnant lover in October 2003
- APRIL 19, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The justice sector in Vietnam would consider reviewing...
The justice sector in Vietnam would consider reviewing the list of offenses subject to the death penalty, especially economic crime, following public concern over the large number of executions in Vietnam
- APRIL 12, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- APRIL 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Ha , a Vietnamese woman convicted of trafficking...
Nguyen Thi Ha , a Vietnamese woman convicted of trafficking drug, was executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City
- APRIL 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Hiep, an abattoir worker, was sentenced...
Nguyen Van Hiep, an abattoir worker, was sentenced to death by the Ben Tre People's Court in Vietnam for killing a man who tried to break up a drunken argument he was having with a friend while playing billiards
- APRIL 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Hanoi, Vietnam, upheld the death...
An appeals court in Hanoi, Vietnam, upheld the death sentence La Thi Kim Oanh, a woman who embezzled millions of dollars from the government, while two vice ministers had their sentences reduced for their roles in the scam
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed...
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed down two death sentences to Nguyen Chi Dung, the head of an armed gang that preyed on goods trucks and vehicles in the southern Mekong Delta region
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict,...
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict, was put to death by firing squad at dawn in Ho Chi Minh City for murdering a motorbike taxi driver in January 2001 to fund his heroin addiction
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced...
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country from Laos
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of...
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Phuoc sentenced to death Nguyen Hai Son, 40
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of...
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of Vietnamese origin, was executed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for belonging to a methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking network
- MARCH 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug...
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death by the People's Court in Hai Phong city, northern Vietnam, for illegally transporting and trafficking drugs
- MARCH 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Van Thanh, a 47-year-old man, was sentenced to death...
Ho Van Thanh, a 47-year-old man, was sentenced to death by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, for murdering a man while in a drunken rage
- MARCH 19, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Luong Van Thanh, 22, and Nguyen Van Hoa, 48, were executed...
Luong Van Thanh, 22, and Nguyen Van Hoa, 48, were executed at dawn by firing squad at Hanoi's Cau Nga, Vietnam, for drug trafficking