Vietnam 2006
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News on Vietnam in 2006
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for drug trafficking, with a police officer getting a life sentence.
- DECEMBER 26, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the People's Court of Hanoi, Vietnam, sentenced two men to death, and passed life sentences on two others and jail terms of between one year and 30 years on six more for trafficking and transporting drugs.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONDEMNS SIXHEROIN TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
a court in Hanoi, Vietnam...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM SENTENCES FOUR INCLUDING BRITISH CITIZEN TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced to death four people, including a British citizen of Vietnamese origin, after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING SPARED DEATH PENALTY
Trinh Huu, an Australian national convicted of drug smuggling, was spared death by firing squad when the Vietnamese government granted him clemency.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH ROW PRISONER FOUND PREGNANT, TO FACE LIFE SENTENCE INSTEAD
a woman sentenced to death in Vietnam for smuggling heroin and detained in isolation became pregnant and would thus have her sentence commuted to life imprisonment, her lawyer said.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Vietnam's president commuted a death sentence on the former head of a state-run company found guilty of massive embezzlement, officials said.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG RUNNING
the Ha Tay province people’s court, north Vietnam, handed down death sentences to five members of a drug trafficking ring convicted of smuggling almost 30 kg of heroin and some methamphetamine. Three others received jail sentences of 15 to 20 years.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City for smuggling over 800kg of heroin, the biggest-ever drug haul in Vietnam.
- AUGUST 31, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COMPANY DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SWINDLING
a Vietnamese court in Hanoi announced a death sentence on director of the Hai Phu Son joint stock company, Pham Duy Luat, on charges of swindling to appropriate land buyers' money.
- AUGUST 29, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY, MURDER
a court in Vietnam’s highland province of Lam Dong sentenced to death two men after they mugged and murdered a taxi driver in June 2006.
- JULY 21, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in the northern province of Dien Bien handed down death sentences to three people and life imprisonment sentences to five others after they were convicted of cross-border drug trafficking.
- JULY 4, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COURT UPHOLDS EIGHT DEATH SENTENCES FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
a Vietnamese court upheld the death sentences of eight people, including two women, for trafficking heroin from neighbouring Laos and Cambodia, a court official said.
- JUNE 30, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR NAM CAM'S RIGHT HAND MAN
the People’s Supreme Court of Appeal in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, confirmed the death sentence for Nguyen Van Tho, a close associate of crime boss Nam Cam who was executed in 2004 for murder and bribery.
- JUNE 22, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR HEROIN DEALING
Bui Xuan Thai and Nguyen Van Chinh were sentenced to death after being convicted in a one-day trial in Vietnam’s Thai Binh province, about 100 kilometers southeast of Hanoi, said presiding judge Tran Van Loan.
- JUNE 7, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five members of Vietnam's biggest drug trafficking ring were executed.
- MAY 19, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR HEROIN DEALING
five people convicted of heroin dealing were executed in southern Ho Chi Minh City. The five, including two women, were put to death by firing squad before dawn.
- MAY 11, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE
the People's Court of Hanoi handed down the death penalty to three men convicted of trafficking heroin.
- APRIL 19, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL
an appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upheld a death sentence for Trinh Huu, an Australian man of Vietnamese origin convicted of heroin trafficking.
- APRIL 17, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH OVER DRUGS
the People's Court in the central Nghe An Province, Vietnam, sentenced to death Tran Van Hoi for trading and trafficking heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
- APRIL 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Nghe An People’s Court, central Vietnam, sentenced Tran Van Hoi, 34, to death for drug trafficking.
- APRIL 8, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PM CALLS FOR AMENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LAWS
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai called for a review of capital punishment while authorities sought to replace the firing squad with remotely-fired weapons to shield the troops from any trauma.
- MARCH 21, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FORMER CUSTOMS OFFICER EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
Phung Long That, or Bay That, a former senior customs officer who had taken bribes and abetted one of the country’s largest smuggling scandals back in late 1997, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. LAOS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Quang Ninh provincial first instance court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Xom Phon, a 30-year-old Laotian, for trafficking over 70 cakes of heroin and 4,000 tablets of Methamphetamine from Lao to northern Quang Ninh province late in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO AUSTRALIANS
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death sentences imposed on two convicted Australian heroin traffickers to life imprisonment, Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONSIDERS DROPPING DEATH PENALTY FOR NINE CRIMES
Vietnam is considering abolishing the death penalty for nine different crimes, including smuggling, fraud, counterfeiting and bribery, state-controlled media reported.
- JANUARY 20, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO VIETNAM
a court in Hanoi sentenced five people to death and four others to life imprisonment for trafficking 24 kg of heroin into Vietnam from Laos.
- JANUARY 18, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
according to official Vietnamese Government sources...
according to official Vietnamese Government sources...
- JANUARY 17, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Bac Giang People's Court, Vietnam, handed out death sentences to Than Nhan Lam, 37, Than Nhan Sang, 28, Do Van Hoa, 37, and Nguyen Quang Thang, 37, on charges of drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 16, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced five people including a woman to death for trafficking drugs, a court official said.