Vietnam Eliminates Death Penalty for Eight Offenses | Death Penalty Information Center

Vietnam Eliminates Death Penalty for Eight Offenses | Death Penalty Information Center

On June 25, 2025, Vietnam’s National Assembly approved a mea­sure intro­duced by the gov­ern­ment to reduce the num­ber of death-eli­gi­ble offens­es from 18 to 10. Effective July 1, 2025, the for­mer­ly cap­i­tal crimes of ille­gal drug trans­port, pro­duc­tion and sale of coun­ter­feit med­i­cine, embez­zle­ment, accept­ing bribes, espi­onage, jeop­ar­diz­ing peace and wag­ing war, and van­dal­iz­ing state prop­er­ty will be pun­ish­able by li…

General Assembly passes first leg of amendment to ban death penalty

In a historic vote, House Substitute 1 for House Bill 35 (HS 1 for HB 35), the first leg of a constitutional amendment to permanently abolish the death penalty, passed