This morning, August 6, the first execution by lethal injection was officially implemented in Hanoi. The first death row inmate who was executed by lethal injection is Nguyen Anh Tuan, 27, a native of Me Linh district, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chief of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Office – Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung said, the deadline was over but the implementation of the death penalty by lethal injection has not been applicable.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lieutenant General Cao Ngoc Oanh of the Ministry Public Security said on June 26 that the facilities and poison for lethal injection "are still being prepared."

Of more than 500 prisoners who were sentenced to death, over 170 people will be executed by lethal injection from June 27, said Deputy Minister of Public Security Dang Van Hieu.

The poison that will be used for lethal injection in Vietnam from June 27, 2013 includes the sensory paralyzing drug, the drug that paralyzes the musculoskeletal system and the drug to stop the heart's activity.

At the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on crime prevention this morning, the Minister of Public Security said Vietnam would produce poison to serve the policy on conducting the death penalty by lethal injection.