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  "id": 2100638,
  "title": "Vietnam mulls scrapping death penalty for 6 offenses, retaining 4 capital crimes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/vietnam-mulls-scrapping-death-penalty-for-6-offenses-retaining-4",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T08:01:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
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    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-mulls-scrapping-death-penalty-for-6-offenses-retaining-4-capital-crimes-5111306.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Vietnam's government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for six offenses, reducing capital crimes from ten to four under amendments to the Penal Code.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Vietnam proposes ending death penalty for 6 offences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/vietnam-proposes-ending-death-penalty-for-6-offences",
        "published": "2026-08-20T05:32:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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