
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 jails 100 over terror attacks that killed 9, including police officers
Vietnam News 20:23 21/01/2024Ten were handed a life sentence

Man receives life sentence for setting ex-girlfriend on fire in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 13:09 22/11/2022The victim died due to severe large-scale burns

American man given life sentence for child sex tourism in Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:54 01/06/2022Christopher Edwin Day was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges

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

Former Vietnamese policeman sentenced to life for trafficking narcotics
Vietnam News 14:28 25/03/2022The former police officer trafficked two kilograms of drugs worth $37,100 in 2020

Man receives life sentence for beating girlfriend’s son to death in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:27 13/01/2022He brutally hit the boy after finding out he was using marijuana

Da Nang gives man life sentence for killing daughter, throwing body into river
Vietnam News 16:44 02/04/2021The irate man sat on the daughter’s lap and used his hands to strangle her