10,000 dossiers considered for amnesty ahead of National Day

Monday, August 25, 2025 | 19:43:00

(VOVWORLD) -This year’s National Day amnesty will be the largest ever with more than 10,000 dossiers being considered for pardon, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, who leads the 2025 Amnesty Advisory Council.

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Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, Head of the Amnesty Advisory Council, chairs a meeting to review proposed lists of eligible prisoners for amnesty in 2025 (phase 2). Photo: VGP/Nguyen Hoang

Deputy Prime Minister Binh on Monday chaired a meeting to review and approve the proposed list of eligible prisoners for the President to grant early pardon on the 80th anniversary of National Day (September 2).

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Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh speaks at the meeting. Photo: VGP/Nguyen Hoang

Amnesty is a special clemency of the State, decided by the President, to release early from prison those sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment on major events, national holidays or in special cases.

Since 2009, the President has signed 11 decisions to pardon over 104,000 prisoners. Most of those who have been amnestied have quickly reintegrated into the community, had stable lives and done honest work.