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Vietnam does not publish annual prison statistics. Figures are WPB estimates.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

133,986

Year: 2022

Rate per 100,000

135

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

11.5%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

12.1%

Foreign nationals

0.4%

Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology

Conditions risk — across 57 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
57 unknown
retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2024.Methods: lethal injectionICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Executions by year (Amnesty International)
  • 2020
    100–600+
  • 2023
    100–600+
  • 2024
    100–600+
Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

How Vietnam compares

vs Asia (16) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 135 · region: 166 · global: 214
Pre-trial sharethis: 12% · region: 35% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2005: 88,414+51.5% over 17y2022: 133,986

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

  • No annual statistical release; occupancy and capacity not published.

Prisons in Vietnam

Browse all 57 →

57 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Đà Lạt Children's Prison

Vietnam

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camp 113

Vietnam

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Côn Đảo Prison

Vietnam

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Can Tho Provincial Prison

Vietnam

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Chi Hoa Prison

Vietnam · Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

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Co so cai nghien ma tuy tinh Bac Ninh

Vietnam

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Di tich Nha lao Tan Hiep

Vietnam

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Hỏa Lò Prison

Vietnam

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Lao Bao Prison

Vietnam

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Long Binh Jail

Vietnam

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Nha tam giu Cong an huyen Than Uyen

Vietnam

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Nha tam giu Cong an Thanh pho Di An

Vietnam

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Nha Trang City Police Detention Center

Vietnam

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Nha Tu Ham Luong

Vietnam

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Nha tu Song Cai K1

Vietnam

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Phan trai tam giam Ba Ria

Vietnam

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Phan trai Tam giam Cong an tinh tai Chau Duc

Vietnam

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Phan trai Tam giam Ho Tram - co so

Vietnam

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Phan Trai Tam giam Phuoc Thang

Vietnam

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Phú Lợi Prison

Vietnam

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Phuoc Co prison

Vietnam

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Phu Quoc Prison

Vietnam

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Pleiku Prison

Vietnam

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SÆ¡n La Prison

Vietnam

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See all 57 prisons in Vietnam →

Data completeness

85%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
98,920,0002022
Source-verified
20 May 2026
Source links
2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
VNM

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Vietnam — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/vietnam
Chicago
"Vietnam — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/vietnam.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-vietnam,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Vietnam — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/vietnam},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}