16 May 2003 :
Chu Van Hoc, 33, was executed by firing squad in Hanoi. He had been sentenced to death for the October 31, 2001 fatal stabbing of his mother-in-law, which ended a long family dispute. It was reported that similar efforts to kill his father-in-law had failed.(Sources: Agence France-Presse, 17/05/2003)