US EditionVietnam Abolishes Death Penalty for Eight Offenses Starting July
- On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Vietnam eliminated capital punishment for a group of eight offenses such as espionage, corruption, and efforts to topple the government.
- The National Assembly approved the amended penal code due to issues with the death penalty's current structure and most death sentences not leading to execution.
- According to Vietnamese law, individuals who were sentenced to the death penalty for any of the eight specified offenses prior to July 1 will have their penalties changed to life imprisonment by the Supreme People's Court's chief judge.
- Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced last year to death for $27 billion fraud, will now have her sentence changed to life imprisonment, with potential reduction if she returns three quarters of the stolen assets, her lawyer said.
- The repeal reduces capital offenses from 18 to 10, may improve international cooperation, and follows Vietnam's use of lethal injection since 2013 replacing firing squad executions.
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Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes, including attempting to overthrow the government, damaging state infrastructure, producing and selling fake medicines, espionage, drug trafficking, embezzlement and accepting bribes, under legal reforms approved by Vietnamese lawmakers today, state media reported.
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Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon
Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case.
Vietnam amends criminal code to abolish death penalty for eight offenses
Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, drug trafficking, vandalism of state property, sabotage, and acts aimed at overthrowing the government. Out of the 439 delegates present, 429 voted in favor, representing nearly 90 percent of the legislature. The revised Criminal Code now imposes a m…
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