Hanoi, March 4 -- A press conference took place in Hanoi on March 4 to announce the State President's amnesty decision on the occasion of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30).

The event was co-hosted by the Presidential Office, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Supreme People's Court, and relevant agencies.

Vice Chairman of the Presidential Office Pham Thanh Ha explained that amnesty is stipulated in Article 88 of the Constitution and codified through the 2018 Amnesty Law, which replaced the 2007 version.

Since 2009, Vietnam has conducted ten amnesty rounds on major national occasions, granting clemency to nearly 100,000 prisoners who show...