Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight criminal offenses setting the stage for the courts to spare the life of a ...

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...

The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders.

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including bribery and embezzlement, paving the way for tycoon Truong ...

The change reflects growing recognition within the Vietnamese legislative system that capital punishment is not a ...

At the press conference announcing the results of the 9th session of the 15th National Assembly on June 26, reporters raised ...

HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's National Assembly on Wednesday passed a revised Penal Code, abolishing the death penalty for eight crimes, including embezzlement, Vietnam News Agency reported.

In a significant shift that is garnering attention both domestically and internationally, the Vietnamese government has abolished the death penalty ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...