09 April 2004 :
Nguyen Thi Ha , a Vietnamese woman convicted of trafficking drug, was executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City.Ha, 48, was blindfolded and tied to a stake at the Long Binh execution site before being put to death.
Ha was sentenced to death after being caught of trafficking 337 grams of heroin from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in December 1998.
(Sources: Agence France Presse, 10/04/2004)