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Twenty-nine articles in the [[Penal Code of Vietnam|Penal Code]] allow the death penalty as an optional punishment. Executions were once carried out by a [[firing squad]] of seven [[police officer|policemen]], where the prisoners were blindfolded and tied to stakes. The firing squad was replaced by [[lethal injection]] in November 2011 after the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments (in article 59(1)) was passed by the [[National Assembly of Vietnam|National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Firing squad replaced by lethal injection|url=http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/215697/Firing-squad-replaced-by-lethal-injection-.html|publisher=Viet Nam News|accessdate=10 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No: 53/2010/QH12 - Execution of criminal judgments |url=http://vbqppl.moj.gov.vn/vbpq/en/Lists/Vn%20bn%20php%20lut/View_Detail.aspx?ItemID=10484 |publisher=Misistry of Justice |accessdate=11 October 2011 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The drugs used to execute prisoners are produced domestically.<ref name="Diplomat" />
In November 2015, a revision of the Penal Code that severely curtailed the death penalty was passed. Under the new regulations, which
The death penalty cannot be applied to [[juvenile crime|juvenile offenders]], pregnant women, and women nursing children under 36 months old at the time the crime was committed or being tried. These cases are [[commutation of sentence|commuted]] to [[life imprisonment]].<ref name="Penal Code">{{cite web|title=Penal Code (No. 15/1999/QH10) |url=http://vbqppl.moj.gov.vn/vbpq/en/_layouts/printeng.aspx?id=610 |publisher=Ministry of Justice |accessdate=10 October 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002004440/http://vbqppl.moj.gov.vn/vbpq/en/_layouts/printeng.aspx?id=610 |archivedate=2 October 2013 |df= }}</ref>
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