January 13, 2012
Nguyen Duc Nghia State President Truong Tan Sang has denied clemency for a man who was sentenced to death in Hanoi last November for beheading and robbing his ex-girlfriend in a headline-grabbing case. Nguyen Duc Nghia, 28, on November 15, 2011, sent a letter to the State President seeking a pardon, but the appeal was [...]
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December 21, 2011
 The last stake at the Chieng Mung Execution Grounds in the northern province of Son La At least one senior Party official and several police officials feel Vietnam should eventually do away with the death penalty, but for now, would-be executioners are relieved that a new law has chosen what they call a more [...]
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July 5, 2011
Nguyen Trong Nhan (L) and Luong Hoai Sang had their death sentences confirmed by an appeals court Monday. An appeal hearing by the People’s Supreme Court Monday upheld death sentences for two men convicted of killing a senior Party district official in Ho Chi Minh City last September. Â The board of judges at the [...]
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June 23, 2011
The car of Trang A Chu, who rammed his car into a police vehicle in an attempt to escape a drub bust, injuring one officer and killing another on May 18 in the northern province of Hoa Binh. A section of the National Way No.6 in the northern province of Hoa Binh has earned a [...]
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November 27, 2009
National Assembly delegates agreed yesterday that the Ministry of Health (MoH) would take primary responsibility for managing activities related to food safety. Priority should be given to improving the development of a long-term programme for clean vegetable production, aquaculture, and livestock cultivation and slaughter, along with regulations on food imports and exports.Detailed information about the [...]
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November 22, 2009
A new draft law has proposed the introduction of lethal injection as an additional execution method to death by firing squad, but many legislators feel the country should have only one. All those given the death penalty are now executed by shooting. Under the new bill discussed a National Assembly session Friday, lethal injection would [...]
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November 15, 2009
This photo obtained in March 2003 shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged organizer of the September 11, 2001, attacks, shortly after his capture. Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and four co-accused will be tried in a civilian court in New York just blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, [...]
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July 3, 2009
Vietnam removed the death penalty for eight crimes including bribery, drug use and rape as part of a revision of the nationâs criminal code, the government said. Other crimes that no longer carry the death penalty include producing, storing and circulating counterfeit money, checks and government bonds; hijacking of planes or ships; fraud; smuggling; and [...]
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May 26, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Many National Assembly deputies agreed yesterday to proposed changes to the Criminal Code identified as obstacles to the fight against crime and global integration. Most deputies disagreed with the recommendation which is part of the effort to reduce the number of crimes that carry the death penalty. (Photo: VNN)And most agreed to reduce [...]
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May 26, 2009
A majority of deputies at the National Assembly (NA) session Monday strongly opposed a bill to jettison capital punishment laws for rape, and drug transportation and storage. Deputy Do Thi Lan said rape is one of the most dangerous crimes because of the serious negative impacts it has on society, especially to females under 18.Deputy [...]
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