February 5, 2015

Vietnam Refuse to Remove Death Penalty for 15 Crimes Despite International Call

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Corruption has caused huge losses to the state budget as only 10% of value lost in corruption cases has been taken back. Corruption in Vietnam caused an estimated loss equal of between 1.7% and 3.3% of the country’s GDP in 2012, the GI said in a report last December.
Lawmakers at the event also said that Vietnam should not remove death punishment to those involving in fake goods. Removing death penalty to people whose involvement relates to fake goods is humane to some but inhumane to others.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Feb 05, 2015
Vietnam’s Minisry of Justice plans to remove seven crimes among the list of the crimes in which the convicted may face the death sentences, said Deputy Minister Dinh Trung Tung at a meeting on judiciary reform last week.
However, the country still maintain death penalty for fiftheen crimes despite international and domestic call for more civilized measures.
Convicted to corruption crimes still face capital punishment as legislators said this kind of crime results in serious harm to the country and public indignation, state media reported.
Executive agencies need to maintain death penalty to bribery and corruption crimes as it causes negative impacts on the party and state, harming the country’s enforcement capacity and leadership, said Nguyen Doan Khanh, deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Commission for Internal Affairs.
Uong Chu Luu, vice chairman of Vietnam’s legislative body National Assembly, said that corruption criminals must not be tolerated as their wrongdoings ruin the country’s economy.
Corruption has caused huge losses to the state budget as only 10% of value lost in corruption cases has been taken back. Corruption in Vietnam caused an estimated loss equal of between 1.7% and 3.3% of the country’s GDP in 2012, the GI said in a report last December.
Lawmakers at the event also said that Vietnam should not remove death punishment to those involving in fake goods. Removing death penalty to people whose involvement relates to fake goods is humane to some but inhumane to others.
An estimated 40 human rights activists, bloggers, journalists, democracy advocates, relatives of two death row inmates, and dignitaries of Christianity and indigenous sects of Cao Dai and Hoa Hao attended a special seminar themed “Abolishing the Death Penalty — The Progression of Civilization,” on Jan. 26 at the Redemptorists’ pastoral center in Ho Chi Minh City. The event also attracted a number of foreign diplomats.
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