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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

Vietnam: Brothers get death penalties for trafficking over 210 kg drugs

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A court in the southern province of Binh Duong on Friday gave 2 brothers death penalties for trafficking over 210 kilograms of heroin in one of the province's biggest drug cases.

Le Dinh Kiem, 33, and his brother Le Van Hanh, 41, were both convicted of trafficking drugs - a charge that is punishable by death in Vietnam, even when just 100 grams of heroin is involved.

The board of judges also sentenced Kiem's wife, Dang Thi Thanh, 29, to 23 years in prison for assisting the business.

Ngo Thi My Van, 51, who bought drugs from the brothers, got a life sentence.

Meanwhile, Le Van Nhat, 20, a helper of Kiem's family, was jailed for 2 years for harboring criminals.

According to the indictment, in 2012 end, the brothers started buying drugs in the central province of Nghe An, where they came from, and distributed them in Binh Duong.

For every package of 350 grams of heroin they sold, they would earn VND7-8 million (US$320-340) in profits, prosecutors said, adding that each package was priced $9,000.

As of the time they were busted in August 2013, they had bought 600 packages and sold 570 of them.

The ring was taken down when police caught Van with 2 packages of heroin bought from the brothers on August 5.

Further investigation led police to arrest the others.

Prosecutors said when police raided the store, Nhat was about to flush the other 30 packages of heroin down a toilet as ordered by Kiem.

Vietnam is among countries with the toughest drug laws in the world. But last month the Ministry of Justice presented a draft amendment of the Penal Code, proposing abolishing death penalty for a number of crimes, including drug crimes, by reducing it to life sentence at most.

Source: Thanh Nien News, April 5, 2015

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