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
- JANUARY 1, 2012VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
- DECEMBER 30, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRADING HEROIN
A Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced five men to death for joining a 14-strong gang to
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
TWO GET DEATH IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
a Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced Vietnamese woman Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, 40, to death
NOVEMBER 23, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS
an appellate court in the southern province of Dong Nai, Vietnam, sentenced a 26-
NOVEMBER 22, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: VIETNAMESE WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Presiding Judge Bambang Eka Putra of the Boyolali District Court in Indonesia sentenced
OCTOBER 26, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM READY FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS: CHIEF JUDGE
from November 1, condemned prisoners in Vietnam will be executed by lethal injections,
- OCTOBER 21, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED AT APPEAL COURT
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City appeal court confirmed the death penalty of
- OCTOBER 5, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for heroin trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO USE LETHAL INJECTIONS FROM NOVEMBER
the government has decreed that executions will be carried out by lethal injection
- AUGUST 30, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
in northern Vietnam, the People’s Court in Hoa Binh province sentenced six unidentified
- AUGUST 23, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SETTING FIRE TO FAMILY
the People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nguyen Van Hay, 39, to
- AUGUST 4, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
EX-COP GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
a court in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Duong sentenced former policeman Tran Nguyen Xuan Phuong, 32, to death for robbing and killing three women to cover gambling debts.
- AUGUST 2, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM COURT CONDEMNS FOUR TO DEATH
a Vietnamese court in the northern province of Bac Giang sentenced Ta Van Uu, 49, Tran Van Thao, 35, Nguyen Van Hong, 31, and Nguyen The Hai, 31, to death for heroin trafficking, an official said.
- JULY 6, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM DELAYS LETHAL INJECTION PLAN
Vietnam was supposed to execute the condemned by lethal injection as of July
JULY 4, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN PARTY OFFICIAL MURDER CASE
Vietnam's top court upheld the death sentences of two men for an attack that left a Communist Party
JUNE 13, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCES TO BE EXECUTED BY POISON
the Law on Execution of Criminal Sentences will take effect as of July 1, 2011, under
- JUNE 2, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOMEMADE BOMB ATTACK
Dinh Van Quyet, 25, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for using a homemade bomb to kill his lover's mother and 7-year-old daughter...
APRIL 21, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced Nigerian man Nnaji David Ete, 33, to
- APRIL 6, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OFFICIAL
A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced two men to death for murdering
- MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT GIVES NIGERIAN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has sentenced a Nigerian man to death for drug smuggling
- MARCH 23, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
Nigerian national Michael Ikenna Nduanya, 34, was sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh
- JANUARY 1, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
Vietnam applies the death penalty for 29 different crimes.
NOVEMBER 11, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
at an appeal trial the Vietnamese People’s Supreme Court confirmed Nguyen Duc Nghia's death
OCTOBER 12, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Tran The Long was sentenced to death in Vietnam by the Ha Noi People's Court
- AUGUST 22, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: HOUSE HELPER GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Le Thanh Vu, 19, was sentenced to death for murdering the 19-year-old daughter of his employer in an attempt to rob the family.
- JULY 17, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Phan Minh Man, a 20 year-old student, was sentenced to death by the People’s
JUNE 22, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN PUBLIC LAND FRAUD CASE
in Vietnam, a Ho Chin Minh City court commuted the death sentence handed to property
- JUNE 17, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO REPLACE FIRING SQUADS WITH LETHAL INJECTION
Vietnam's communist-dominated National Assembly voted to replace firing squads
- MAY 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
five Chinese men were sentenced to death by the People's Court of northern Quang
- APRIL 13, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM PROPOSED TO USE LETHAL INJECTIONS TO REPLACE FIRING SQUAD
Vietnamese lawmakers proposed using lethal injections for death sentences to replace the firing squad, which is too costly, the Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper quoted a senior official as saying.