Tag: death penalty
President’s Office announces promulgation of newly passed laws and ordinances
VOV.VN - The President’s Office on July 3 held a press conference to announce the President’s order on the promulgation of laws and ordinances recently passed by the National Assembly and its Standing Committee.
Vietnam intensifies efforts to fulfill obligations under the ICCPR
VOV.VN - The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 and effective since 1976, is one of the most important human rights treaties, with 174 member states, including Vietnam.
Vietnam agrees to abolish death penalty for 8 more offences
VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly on June 25 passed the amended Law on Penal Code, officially abolishing the death penalty for 8 specific offences.
Legislature weighs on abolishing death penalty for drug trafficking
Legislators engaged in the 9th session’s deliberations on May 27 morning over the proposed amendments to the Penal Code that would eliminate the death penalty for illegal drug transport, replacing it with a life imprisonment without sentence reductions.
Gov’t proposes removing death penalty for several crimes in Penal Code amendments
VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang, on behalf of the Government, presented a draft law on amendments to the Penal Code at the ongoing National Assembly session in Hanoi on May 20, proposing the removal of the death penalty for several crimes.
Vietnam to replace death penalty with life imprisonment without parole
VOV.VN - Vietnam is considering a significant proposal in the draft amendment to the 2025 Penal Code by replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole, and the proposal was discussed at a thematic session on law-making of the government in Hanoi on April 13.
President reduces death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners.
Severe penalties handed down to terrorists
The People’s Court of HCM City on September 22 handed down severe sentences to 20 criminals, most of whom are members of the reactionary organisation “Trieu dai Viet” (Viet Dynasty), found guilty of “terrorism to oppose the people’s administration” and “illegally manufacturing, storing and trading explosives”.
Should violators who give a hand to illegal entry receive the death penalty?
“The death penalty could be considered for such act in accordance with the Penal Code. In this very urgent situation, when the whole country is trying hard to fight COVID-19, it is necessary to strictly punish such acts for deterrence."
