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.

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.

VOV.VN - As many as 1,500 fires and explosions were reported across Vietnam in the first five months of 2025, resulting in 39 deaths and 39 injuries, according to the Department of Fire Prevention and Rescue.

A 39-year-old man from Phu Yen province, who was declared brain-dead after a traumatic brain injury, has saved seven lives through organ donation.

VOV.VN - Thanks to the dedicated care and treatment provided by France-Vietnam Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Y.S, a 42-year-old Korean national, who had suffered a stroke and remained in a deep coma for 80 days, miraculously regained consciousness and returned to his home town recently.

Vietnam recorded 7,853 traffic accidents nationwide from December 15, 2024 - May 14, 2025 resulting in 4,328 deaths and 5,307 injuries, a major decline from the previous year, according to Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.

VOV.VN - The number of coronavirus infections in Ho Chi Minh City has increased three-fold in recent times, with two deaths recorded, according to the city’s Department of Health.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court on May 28 sentenced to death Lim Young Kwon, a 42-year-old national of the Republic of Korea, for killing his father in the city.

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.

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.