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Minister of Public Security To Lam has proposed to the National Assembly a draft resolution on piloting a model of organising job orientation and training outside of prisons for inmates.

The Central Advisory Council on Amnesty (CACA) convened a meeting on August 23 to review the list of inmates nominated for amnesty on a case-by-case basis before it is submitted to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc for approval.

The Presidential Office held a press conference in Hanoi on July 2 to announce the State President’s decision on amnesty for prisoners in 2021, on the occasion of National Day (September 2).

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed that the implementation of amnesty measures follows a strict, open, and transparent process in accordance with the law, to avoid any possible negativity.

At least two inmates were killed and 34 others injured in a riot which broke out at a jail in Manila city of the Philippines on September 29, according to local police.

Indonesian police have recaptured more than 100 inmates who managed to escape from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island.

The Myanmar government on May 7 granted amnesty to 6,520 prisoners as the third batch as a gesture to mark the country's traditional New Year.

Gunmen with links to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front stormed a prison on the morning of January 4 in the southern Philippines to free 132 inmates.

Gunmen with links to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stormed a prison on the morning of January 4 in the southern Philippines to free 132 inmates.

As many as 851 inmates at the Thu Duc prison (Z30D) in Ham Tan district of the central province of Binh Thuan were released on August 31.

The granting of amnesty to prisoners reflects the clement policy of the Vietnamese Party and State and the humanitarian tradition of the nation.

Clemency was granted to 416 inmates at Dong Son Prison in central Quang Binh province on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of national reunification.