President's 2024 Amnesty Decision announced

The amnesty decision No. 758/2024/QD-CTN was signed by President To Lam on July 30 on the occasion of the 79th National Day (September 2) and the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Ha Noi (October 10).

The time of serving for amnesty consideration will be counted until September 30, 2024.

Accordingly, qualified prisoners will be given amnesty including those who are serving a fixed-term prison sentence, sentenced to life imprisonment that has been reduced to a fixed-term prison sentence, and those whose prison sentence is temporarily suspended.

Prisoners are not eligible for consideration, including prisoners with charges of treason; conducting activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration; espionage; violating territorial security; riots; and terrorism against the people's administration.

Since 2009, Viet Nam has conducted nine amnesties on the occasion of important events and national holidays, allowing more than 92,000 prisoners to return home before their due sentences.

Thanks to the policy, tens of thousands of people have enjoyed clemency, reuniting with their families, and rebuilding their lives. Most of the amnesty recipients have returned to their places of residence, stabilizing their lives, and working honestly, while the reoffending rate is very low.

It also represents the Party and State’s priority of ensuring and promoting human rights in all policies.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, currently, there are 643 foreign prisoners serving their sentences in Vietnamese detention facilities. After reviewing their records, Vietnamese authorities will announce the specific number of foreign prisoners to be released this time.

Especially, 16 prisoners with foreign nationality received amnesty in 2022 and 21 in 2021.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quoc Hung reported that a detailed list of amnesty beneficiaries this year will be published on the National Day./.