Tag: "death penalty"
Court hands down death penalty on man for murdering 4 family members in Hanoi

Court hands down death penalty on man for murdering 4 family members in Hanoi

Vietnam News 14:10 10/07/2025

A 52-year-old man in Hanoi has been given the death penalty for murdering four people, including his mother, wife, and two children.

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022

World 14:25 27/06/2025

TOKYO - Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years.

Vietnam passes law to abolish death penalty for embezzlement, bribery

Vietnam passes law to abolish death penalty for embezzlement, bribery

Vietnam News 13:25 27/06/2025

Vietnam’s legislature on Wednesday passed a law amending the Penal Code, officially abolishing the death penalty for eight criminal offenses, including embezzlement and receiving bribes.

Vietnam considers scrapping death penalty for 8 crimes, including corruption, bribery

Vietnam considers scrapping death penalty for 8 crimes, including corruption, bribery

Vietnam News 10:02 12/06/2025

The Vietnamese government has proposed removing the death penalty for eight crimes, including corruption and bribery, citing international trends, legal reform goals, and Vietnam’s development needs, according to Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quoc Hung.

Vietnam court sentences woman to death for transporting 77kg of drugs

Vietnam court sentences woman to death for transporting 77kg of drugs

Vietnam News 15:00 28/06/2022

Another defendant was condemned to life in prison for the same offense

Vietnamese man sentenced to death for trading over 3kg of drugs

Vietnamese man sentenced to death for trading over 3kg of drugs

Vietnam News 15:40 29/04/2022

Seven other defendants received either a life sentence or jail term lasting 10 to 20 years

Hanoi court sentences man to death for murdering girlfriend

Hanoi court sentences man to death for murdering girlfriend

Vietnam News 13:41 11/06/2021

The girlfriend tried to break up with him after he cheated on her

Ho Chi Minh City court sentences man to death for murdering, robbing co-worker

Ho Chi Minh City court sentences man to death for murdering, robbing co-worker

Vietnam News 16:13 04/03/2021

The man murdered his colleague while working as a security guard at a local company in 2018

Couple given capital punishment for trading drugs in Ho Chi Minh City

Couple given capital punishment for trading drugs in Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam News 19:08 23/12/2020

The two were charged for trading over 1.5 kilograms of narcotics and storing another two kilograms of drugs

Southern Vietnamese province executes prisoner strangling fellow inmate

Southern Vietnamese province executes prisoner strangling fellow inmate

Vietnam News 17:21 12/12/2020

The man attempted to escape from the prison by strangling a fellow inmate to death

Hanoi man receives death sentence for murdering 3-year-old step-daughter

Hanoi man receives death sentence for murdering 3-year-old step-daughter

Vietnam News 13:56 20/11/2020

The victim’s mother was sentenced to life in prison for her role in the crime

Vietnam upholds death penalty for woman who trafficked drugs from Cambodia 19 times

Vietnam upholds death penalty for woman who trafficked drugs from Cambodia 19 times

Vietnam News 09:51 24/10/2020

The Provincial People’s Court of Long An handed down a death sentence on the woman on charges of illegally transporting narcotics on July 10