Vietnam

Capital city — Hanoi

Country population
97,338,583
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
128
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Socialist republic
Human Development Index
0.704
(117/188)
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.5
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2011
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Public Security
Total number of prisoners
123,697
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
54
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
10.7 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
12.4 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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2021

Special populations

Female prisoners

10.7 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Percentage of untried prisoners

12.4 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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