Amnesty International's 2025 death-penalty report, published in May 2026, recorded at least 138 death sentences in Vietnam, 100 of them for drug offences. It counted three women and four foreign nationals among the drug-related cases. Vietnam treats execution figures as a state secret, so Amnesty recorded that executions took place but gave no number; it estimated more than 1,200 people under sentence of death at the end of 2025. Its 2024 report had recorded at least 150 death sentences, 121 for drug offences.[1][2]
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References
- Death sentences and executions 2025Vietnam country entry, pp. 24 and 36; 138 death sentences, 100 drug-related, 1,200+ under sentence
- Death sentences and executions 2024Vietnam country entry; 150 death sentences, 121 drug-related
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