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.
Latest news
- OCTOBER 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam's government has asked the police to consider...
Vietnam's government has asked the police to consider abandoning firing squads in favour of a mechanised gun to execute criminals because shaky individuals can miss their target
- OCTOBER 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted drug traffickers were executed by firing...
Two convicted drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam
- OCTOBER 13, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Eight people convicted of drug trafficking were executed...
Eight people convicted of drug trafficking were executed by firing squad this week in Vietnam, court officials and state-controlled media said
- OCTOBER 11, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A 28-year-old drug addict was executed in Vietnam for...
A 28-year-old drug addict was executed in Vietnam for murdering and stealing money from a gasoline vendor in order to buy heroin
- OCTOBER 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for raping...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for raping and killing a woman in her home
- OCTOBER 2, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by...
A man in northern Vietnam was sentenced to death by firing squad and three others received life terms in jail as courts enforced a zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Quoc Thang, 34, was put to death at dawn at...
Nguyen Quoc Thang, 34, was put to death at dawn at the Cau Nga execution site in Hanoi's Tu Liem district, Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Lo Van Tuoi, 40, was put to death at dawn at the Cau...
Lo Van Tuoi, 40, was put to death at dawn at the Cau Nga execution site in Hanoi's Tu Liem district, Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death...
A 27-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death in Vietnam for murdering his girlfriend following a succession of quarrels
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men, including a father and son, were executed...
Three men, including a father and son, were executed for separate murders in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ly Thi Ai was sentenced to death after it was discovered...
Ly Thi Ai was sentenced to death after it was discovered that she had lied about her son's age at her trial in order to escape the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Minh, a 36 year old Vietnamese woman, was...
Nguyen Anh Minh, a 36 year old Vietnamese woman, was sentenced to death for attempting to traffic heroin to Taiwan
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam...
Two drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam while two of their gang members were jailed for life
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad...
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Vietnam as part of the communist nation's zero tolerance approach to illegal narcotics
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Van Thanh, a 54 year old Vietnamese farmer, was...
Le Van Thanh, a 54 year old Vietnamese farmer, was sentenced to death for murdering his lover and attempting to rape her 15-year-old daughter after a bitter quarrel
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Thanh Van, a woman convicted of poisoning 13 people...
Le Thanh Van, a woman convicted of poisoning 13 people with cyanide in order to rob them, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 27, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Du Phuoc Hung, 21, was sentenced to death by firing...
Du Phuoc Hung, 21, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam for murder and the destruction of private property following a failed love affair
- AUGUST 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
four men named Nguyen Minh Tong, Vo Minh Tam, Tran Van Phuoc and Luu Kien Quang were executed
four men named Nguyen Minh Tong, Vo Minh Tam, Tran Van Phuoc and Luu Kien Quang were executed
- AUGUST 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Linh Liem, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad
Le Linh Liem, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad
- AUGUST 6, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upheld the death sentences
the Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upheld the death sentences
- JULY 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad...
Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad for defrauding investors out of 1
- JULY 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Do Van Thao, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Do Van Thao, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing and robbing an elderly woman
- JULY 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Thanh, unemployed, was sentenced to death...
Nguyen Van Thanh, unemployed, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing a motorbike taxi driver 13 years earlier and stealing his possessions
- JULY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dang Ngoc Viet, a homeless man, was executed by firing...
Dang Ngoc Viet, a homeless man, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam for killing a motorcycle taxi driver and stealing his bike and money
- JULY 26, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam,...
Three drug traffickers were sentenced to death in Vietnam, while 19 other members of the same gang were handed jail terms ranging from four years to life imprisonment
- JULY 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Minh Thua, a 32-year-old man, was executed by firing...
Le Minh Thua, a 32-year-old man, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam for killing and then raping a woman
- JULY 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Truong Si Kien, a 23-year-old farmer, was sentenced...
Truong Si Kien, a 23-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing a friend in order to steal his motorbike
- JULY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after...
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of a double murder and robbery
- JULY 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing and robbing an elderly woman
- JULY 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Do Van Tien, a 28 year old Vietnamese...
It was reported that Do Van Tien, a 28 year old Vietnamese farmer, will face a firing squad for stabbing to death his wife and her mother while in an alcoholic rage