Viet Nam grants amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners

VGP – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed Decision No. 1535/QD/CTN on August 30 to grant amnesty to 3,026 prisoners and other nine persons whose sentences have been delayed or suspended.

August 30, 2021 10:10 PM GMT+7

The decision takes effect on September 1, 2021, one day ahead of the National Independence Day of Viet Nam.

The Prime Minister, the Chairman and members of the Advisory Council on Amnesty, the Chief Judge of the People’s Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General of the People’s Procuracy, the Chairman of the Presidential Office are responsible for implementing the decision.

Earlier on August 23, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh – Chairman of the Advisory Council on Amnesty chaired a meeting of the Council to review the list of inmates nominated for amnesty before submitting it to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc for approval.

Amnesty is a special leniency granted by the State, under the State Presidents decisions to release from prisons ahead of time persons sentenced to termed imprisonment or life imprisonment on the occasion of great national events or anniversaries, or in special cases./.

By Huong Giang