Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022
World 14:25 27/06/2025TOKYO - 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 News 13:25 27/06/2025Vietnam’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 News 10:02 12/06/2025The 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 News 15:00 28/06/2022Another defendant was condemned to life in prison for the same offense
Vietnamese man sentenced to death for trading over 3kg of drugs
Vietnam News 15:40 29/04/2022Seven other defendants received either a life sentence or jail term lasting 10 to 20 years
Hanoi court sentences man to death for murdering girlfriend
Vietnam News 13:41 11/06/2021The 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
Vietnam News 16:13 04/03/2021The 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
Vietnam News 19:08 23/12/2020The 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
Vietnam News 17:21 12/12/2020The 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
Vietnam News 13:56 20/11/2020The 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 News 09:51 24/10/2020The Provincial People’s Court of Long An handed down a death sentence on the woman on charges of illegally transporting narcotics on July 10
Vietnam court hands death penalty to Taiwanese trafficker caught with 316kg of heroin
Vietnam News 15:15 03/07/2020Chen Tsen Wei was caught while transporting the drugs from Binh Duong Province to Ho Chi Minh City
