Vice Chairman of the Presidential Office Pham Thanh Ha announced a decision of the President on amnesty in 2024 at a press conference in Hanoi on September 30.
Participants at the press conference. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vice Chairman of the Presidential Office Pham Thanh Ha announced a decision of the President on amnesty in 2024 at a press conference in Hanoi on September 30.
According to Decision No. 957/QD-CTN signed by President To Lam on September 29, 3,763 prisoners who are currently serving sentences and two others who had their sentences temporarily suspended, will be pardoned.
The President signed the decision at the request of the Advisory Council on Amnesty on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of National Day and the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital.
In response to reporters’ questions regarding the cases of foreign nationals granted amnesty this time, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet stated that, according to the decision, 20 foreign prisoners will be pardoned this time.
The foreigners are from China, Laos, Cambodia, the US, South Africa, India, Congo, and Ireland.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send diplomatic notes to the relevant countries' diplomatic missions and consular offices requesting coordination with Vietnamese authorities to receive those granted amnesty and to start the process of taking these people back to their home country or to a safe and suitable place of residence, Viet said.
Ha stated that the amnesty once again reaffirms the leniency policy of the Party and the State, as well as the humanitarian tradition of the Vietnamese people towards offenders, encouraging them to repent and reform to become useful members of society.
According to Ha, the policy of the Party and the State toward offenders combines "strict punishment" with "leniency". Therefore, the penalties imposed by Vietnam's criminal law are not only meant to punish those who commit offenses but also to rehabilitate them into useful citizens of society, fostering their awareness of obeying the law and societal rules, and preventing them from committing new crimes. Deputy M༺inister of Public Security Nguyen Ngoc Lam said that the pardoned prisoners this time include 561 people of ethnic minority groups. In reply to reporters' inquiry, he said the list of those who ꦏare granted amnesty this year do not include Chu Ngoc Anh, Pham Xuan Thang and Dinh La Thang./.
Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 1 attended a ceremony held in Vinh Quang Prison in the northern province of Vinh Phuc for the announcement of the President’s 2022 Amnesty Decision.
The President’s decision on amnesty in 2022 was announced at a press conference jointly held by the Presidential Office, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court and the Foreign Ministry on August 31.
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