Vietnam 2004
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Vietnam in 2004
- MARCH 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam, which has been criticised by some human rights...
Vietnam, which has been criticised by some human rights groups for its use of capital punishment, agreed to host a meeting on the issue, visiting British Minister of State Mike O'Brien said
- MARCH 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Huu Nghia, 27, and Pham Van Quoc Vinh, 26, were...
Nguyen Huu Nghia, 27, and Pham Van Quoc Vinh, 26, were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam's southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City for murder and armed robbery
- MARCH 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The people's court in northern Haiphong City, Vietnam,...
The people's court in northern Haiphong City, Vietnam, sentenced to death Tran Thi Bach Diep, a 42 year old woman and gave life imprisonment to a man and a woman for running a drug trafficking ring that was uncovered in October 2002
- MARCH 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Viet Anh, 27, was executed by firing squad after...
Ngo Viet Anh, 27, was executed by firing squad after being convicted of killing a rival gangster in a turf war for control of the crime scene in Vietnam's northeastern port city of Haiphong
- MARCH 1, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in Vietnam's southern province of Can Tho after being convicted of murdering his neighbour, Huynh Van Quy, in October 2003
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Dang Chung, a 19-year-old unemployed man, was...
Nguyen Dang Chung, a 19-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by a court in Bac Ninh for the murder of his 80-year-old neighbour in August 2003
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnam court sentenced four members of an international...
A Vietnam court sentenced four members of an international drug trafficking ring to death by firing squad and four others, including an American citizen, to life behind bars
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International...
Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, released the following statement on the impending execution of Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese foreign national who was on death row in Oklahoma and schedule
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee...
Hung Thanh Le, convicted in the death of a fellow refugee from Vietnam, was granted a stay of execution by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a Democrat, at Hanoi's request an hour before the scheduled execution
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Tien, a 21-year-old Vietnamese man, was...
Nguyen Van Tien, a 21-year-old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death by firing squad after being convicted of murdering and robbing a woman to fund the purchase of a fighting cock
- FEBRUARY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was considering a response...
The European Union said it was considering a response to the decision by Vietnam's Government to stop releasing details about the use of the death penalty in the country
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including two women, were executed by...
Four people, including two women, were executed by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted on murder and drug trafficking charges an official said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, upheld the...
The Hanoi Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, upheld the death sentences handed down to the three men and a woman in August 2003 for smuggling heroin and opium into the country from Laos
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad...
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad in southern Vietnam's Tien Giang province, after being sentenced to death for running a robbery network
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentenced to death Nguyen Van Tuyen, 40, after finding him guilty of stabbing his partner in the neck with a screwdriver and beating her with a hoe on July 4, 2003
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi, 20, in November 2003 should stand
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi in November 2003 for murdering a 10-year-old girl should stand
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds told Swedish...
Sweden's Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds told Swedish Radio that Vietnam would try to abolish the death penalty within 10 years but had problems convincing the public that capital punishment was not needed
- JANUARY 28, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry denied clemency to Hung...
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry denied clemency to Hung Thanh Le, a Vietnamese national scheduled to die in the state's execution chamber, despite a pardon board recommendation to commute the death sentence
- JANUARY 19, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Duy Nghia, 21, was sentenced to death following...
Hoang Duy Nghia, 21, was sentenced to death following a one day trial by the People's Court of the southern province of Binh Duong, Vietnam
- JANUARY 8, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following a one day trial, the People's Court of the...
Following a one day trial, the People's Court of the northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnam, sentenced to death Dinh Dinh Lam, 34, Giang A Chong, 25, and their female accomplice Nguyen Thi Mai, 37, after finding them guilty of trafficking 2
- JANUARY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International criticised the Vietnamese government...
Amnesty International criticised the Vietnamese government for making the reporting and dissemination of statistics on the use of the death penalty a state secret
- JANUARY 7, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM MAKES NUMBER OF DEATH SENTENCES A TOP STATE SECRET
January 7, 2004: following international criticism about Vietnam´s growing number of capital sentences, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has listed the number of people condemned to death as a top state secret, an official said Wednesday.
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Following international criticism about Vietnam's growing...
Following international criticism about Vietnam's growing number of capital sentences, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has listed the number of people condemned to death as a top state secret, an official said
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented...
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented a parliamentary question with regard to the summary execution of a farmer named Nih
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented...
The Radical members of the European Parliament presented a parliamentary question with regard to the summary execution of a farmer named Nih
- JANUARY 5, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court...
Three men were sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court for trafficking heroin from Laos
- JANUARY 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed by a firing squad in Ho Chi Minh...
Six men were executed by a firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City after being convicted of either murder or drug trafficking, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper reported