16 July 2004 :
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing and robbing an elderly woman. Le Xuan Hoc was found guilty by the Hanoi People's Court of stabbing to death his 60-year-old victim at her home on May 10 and stealing her gold bracelet. He was arrested 11 days later by police.(Sources: Agence France Presse, 16/07/2004)
