In recent responses at the United Nations’ highest dialogues, Vietnam still confirms its persistence to retain the death penalty in the criminal code system. Most of capital punishment and its related executions have been applied to drugrelated contravention. What are the outcomes, and what action should Vietnam adopt if it continues to use capital punishment for drug-related offenses? Genuine and trustworthy statistics relating to the death penalty application in Vietnam are scarcely found, albeit this is a legal matter and an indicator of political and social attitudes. Ironically, though Vietnamese researchers can comprehend and collect relevant data, it remains unclassified. There is the fact that Vietnamese scholars seem apprehensive about researching death-penalty policies. Researchers are unlikely to share their findings without official permission from the authorities because they fear reprisals for investigating the data. Rather than empirical studies without direct fieldwork’s observation in the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic, using grey literature, reports by international observers, and informal interviews with colleagues, this article explores the policies and provisions of Vietnam’s Party-State in regulating capital punishment for drug offenses. This paper expects at least two primary goals. First, it will assist readers to understand Vietnam’s perspectives in its retainment of the death penalty for drug-related offenses while still revoking or at least de facto abolishing for others. Second, this article makes recommendations in policy readjustment and research about whether there should be a reduction and abolishment of the death penalty for drug-related offenses.