Vietnam
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Since 1997, possession or smuggling at least 100g or...
- News items in the archive
- 784
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Vietnam is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 784 news items on Vietnam, from 1999 to today.
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MARCH 26, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DRUG RING GETS 5 DEATH PENALTIES
a court in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen sentenced five people to death and fined
- MARCH 11, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a Montagnard Christian named K’pa Lot died from torture and abuse in a Vietnamese prison.
a Montagnard Christian named K’pa Lot died from torture and abuse in a Vietnamese prison.
FEBRUARY 6, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a court in Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong sentenced death penalty to two heroin smugglers and
- FEBRUARY 3, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM COURT SENTENCES DRUGS BARON TO DEATH
the Haiphong City People’s Court in northern Vietnam sentenced Du Kim Dung, the baron of a heroin trafficking and production ring, to death at a closed trial.
JANUARY 31, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
Presiding Judge Luong Van Hien of the People's Court of Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam
- JANUARY 29, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER
Le Van Son and Tran Thanh Sang were sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam...
- JANUARY 28, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE LAWYER ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
a Vietnamese lawyer acting as a consultant for the Democratic Party of Vietnam was found guilty of activities aimed at ending communist rule, but had his death sentence commuted to five years’ imprisonment.
JANUARY 19, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE HANDED TO SIX DRUG TRADERS
a court in Vietnam’s northern Lai Chau province sentenced six people to
- JANUARY 16, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR QUANG NINH MURDERS
in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam, Dang The Son, 30, and Phan Huy Nam, 34, were sentenced to death by the provincial People’s Court for gunning down six people on December 14, 2008.
- JANUARY 1, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- DECEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province sentenced Chinese nationals Lu Minh Cheng, Chan Kwok Kwong, Ieong Chi Kai, Wang Hui Lan and Ngan Chiu Kuen to death.
- DECEMBER 23, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CHARGES HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
Vietnam has charged a well-known human rights lawyer and his associates with subversion, a charge that
- DECEMBER 1, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POLICE KILLINGS
the Da Nang City People’s Court in Vietnam sentenced Pham Dinh Duong to death for killing a police officer on September 21.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TEENAGER GETS DEATH FOR FATHER’S MURDER
in Vietnam’s Hai Duong Province, Nghiem Viet Thanh, 18, was sentenced to death for killing his father before taking his money to clear his debts.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: KOREAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING VIETNAMESE LOVER
the Vietnamese Supreme Court sentenced South Korean national Kim Ki Jong, 26, to death for strangling his South Korean lover, Dao Thi H., in September, 2008, and burning her body.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO WOMEN GET DEATH, EX-COPS JAIL IN DRUG SCANDAL
Two women leaders of a drug dealing ring in Hanoi, Vietnam, were sentenced to death in a case that also saw six former police officers of the capital city get prison terms.
AUGUST 21, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CREDITOR
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court sentenced Chau Hung Son, 49, to death for killing his
- JUNE 30, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced a man to death for killing a female neighbour in a robbery, Huynh Thi Viet Tien, tribunal president, said
- JUNE 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PARLIAMENT CUTS LIST OF DEATH PENALTY CRIMES
Vietnam voted in favor of dropping the death penalty on eight crimes. The amendments to the Criminal Code, passed at the closing day of the National Assembly's month-long session, will take place from January 1, 2010.
- MAY 25, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: LEGISLATORS OPPOSE PROPOSAL TO REPEAL DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE
a majority of Vietnamese National Assembly deputies strongly opposed a bill to
APRIL 27, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NOTORIOUS HCMC GANG TRIAL
the five-day trial of a notorious Ho Chi Minh City gang in Vietnam ended with four
- APRIL 15, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: SENTENCES OF DEATH REVIEWED BY NA
the Vietnamese National Assembly Justice Committee presented a report
- MARCH 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence
- MARCH 17, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the security police from the province of Phu Yen summoned the wife of Rahlan Hen...
the security police from the province of Phu Yen summoned the wife of Rahlan Hen...
- JANUARY 7, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Siu Krot, a Degar aged 65, was brutally murdered by both civilians and security police for his farmland.
Siu Krot, a Degar aged 65, was brutally murdered by both civilians and security police for his farmland.
- JANUARY 1, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- DECEMBER 24, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the Vietnamese National Assembly Standing Committee focused on amendments to the Criminal Code
the Vietnamese National Assembly Standing Committee focused on amendments to the Criminal Code
- DECEMBER 1, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING TWO
a court in southern Vietnam handed down the death sentence to 23-year-old Ho Duy Hai for robbing and murdering two female post office staff.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DEATH PENALTY SHOULD REMAIN FOR BRIBERY, CORRUPTION: LEGISLATORS
Vietnam should retain the death penalty for crimes such as bribery, corruption, and production of counterfeit food and pharmaceutical items, deputies of the National Assembly (NA) said at its ongoing session.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM MULLS LESS CRIMES PUNISHABLE BY DEATH
Vietnam might sharply restrict the number of crimes that are punishable by death, state media reported. Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong asked the lawmaking National Assembly to consider eliminating the death penalty for crimes like embezzlement, bribery an