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Vietnam Abolishes Death Penalty for Eight Offenses Starting July

These amendments, set to take effect in July, will replace the death penalty with life imprisonment across the abolished crimes.

Vietnam's National Assembly has approved abolition of the death penalty for spying, attempting to overthrow the government and six other offences
A Vietnamese flag flutters on the day Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum during his visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool/File Photo
Property tycoon Truong My Lan (C-L) will no longer face the death penalty over a multi-billion-dollar fraud after Vietnam abolished capital punishment for several crimes
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Overview

  • The National Assembly approved on June 25 a revised penal code that cuts capital offenses from 18 to 10 by abolishing the death penalty for eight crimes.
  • Abolished capital offenses include espionage, graft, property embezzlement, attempted government overthrow, counterfeit medicine production, narcotics transport, sabotage and war-related activities.
  • All individuals sentenced to death for those offenses before July 1 will have their penalties converted to life imprisonment by the chief judge of the Supreme People’s Court.
  • Officials say the overhaul aligns Vietnam’s penal system with changing socio-economic realities and will strengthen international legal cooperation.
  • Property tycoon Truong My Lan, convicted of a $27 billion fraud against Saigon Commercial Bank, will have her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment with the possibility of further reduction if she returns 75 percent of the stolen assets.