HANOI — A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced five people to death for heroin trafficking.
Tag - death penalty
samedi 31 décembre 2011
Vietnam sentences 5 to death, 3 to life in prison for trafficking heroin
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 31 décembre 2011, 18:53 - News in english
samedi 24 septembre 2011
Lethal injections for executions
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 24 septembre 2011, 21:05 - News in english
HA NOI - Viet Nam will start using lethal injections for executions from November 1, according to a recent Government decree issued last Friday.
vendredi 5 août 2011
Four men sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 5 août 2011, 08:44 - News in english
Hanoi - A court in northern Vietnam sentenced four men to death and gave life sentences to eight for drug trafficking, the court said Wednesday.
samedi 25 juin 2011
Vietnam to switch to lethal injection for death penalty
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 25 juin 2011, 09:28 - News in english
Vietnam will carry out the death penalty using lethal injection from July instead of a firing squad, police said, to reduce suffering.
lundi 21 juin 2010
Vietnam to end use of firing squads for executions
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 21 juin 2010, 08:36 - News in english
HANOI — Lawmakers voted to end firing squad executions in Vietnam and instead use lethal injections.
lundi 24 mai 2010
Vietnam considers axing firing squads
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 24 mai 2010, 12:12 - News in english
Vietnam's legislature is to consider getting rid of firing squads in favor of using lethal injections to execute criminals, during a month-long parliamentary session starting Thursday.
lundi 15 mars 2010
29 on trial in Vietnam for drug trafficking and police corruption
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 15 mars 2010, 08:33 - News in english
A trial of 29 people who include former police officers and judges accused of being involved in a massive heroin trafficking and corruption case began in northern Vietnam, a court official said Friday. Nguyen Van Hoa, an official at the People's Court in Thai Nguyen province, said the trial, which started Wednesday, was the largest drug-trafficking case ever seen in the province and was expected to last more than two weeks.
vendredi 12 mars 2010
For Vietnam man on death row even donating body may be illegal
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 12 mars 2010, 08:42 - News in english
A murderer awaiting execution in Vietnam has applied to donate his body to science, but authorities said Wednesday they may not be able to fulfil his wish due to legal uncertainties. Fisherman Nguyen Van Hai, 30, pleaded guilty to killing a man and stealing his boat in August 2008.
samedi 26 décembre 2009
Five sentenced to death in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 26 décembre 2009, 17:28 - News in english
A Vietnamese court sentenced five Chinese men to death by firing squad for trafficking nearly eight tonnes of hashish in one of the country's biggest drug hauls ever, state media reported yesterday.
lundi 6 juillet 2009
Vietnam cuts list of death penalty crimes
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 6 juillet 2009, 08:43 - News in english
Hanoi - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has promulgated a new law removing death sentences for eight crimes, state media reported Friday.
samedi 20 juin 2009
Vietnam cuts list of death penalty crimes
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 20 juin 2009, 09:41 - News in english
HANOI — Vietnam on Friday removed rape and several other offences from the list of crimes punishable by death, an official said, but deputies maintained capital punishment for drug trafficking.
mardi 28 avril 2009
Four Vietnam gang members sentenced to die
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 28 avril 2009, 08:50 - News in english
HANOI — A Vietnamese gang leader who began life on the streets aged just 11 will die in front of a firing squad after a court sentenced him and three henchmen to death, a report said.
mercredi 5 novembre 2008
Vietnam mulls less crimes punishable by death
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 5 novembre 2008, 09:02 - News in english
HANOI — Vietnam, which sends dozens of people to the firing squad each year, might sharply restrict the number of crimes that are punishable by death, state media reported Tuesday.
lundi 13 octobre 2008
Vietnam to spare Aussie crims from death
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 13 octobre 2008, 20:11 - News in english
Vietnam has agreed to grant clemency to two Australians facing the death sentence for drug trafficking.
jeudi 2 octobre 2008
Vietnam sentences chinese woman to death
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 2 octobre 2008, 13:39 - News in english
HANOI - A Chinese woman convicted of leading a major counterfeiting ring in Vietnam has been sentenced to death, a judge said Wednesday
samedi 19 juillet 2008
Vietnam considers dropping death penalty for 12 crimes
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 19 juillet 2008, 09:04 - News in english
Vietnam will consider eliminating the death penalty for 12 crimes following sharp international criticism about the number of prisoners put before the firing squad annually, state media reported Tuesday.
