Editing Lethal injection (section)

=== Procedure in Vietnam===
Prior to 2013, shooting was the primary method of execution in [[Vietnam]]. The use of lethal injection method was approved by the government in 2010, adopted in 2011, and then started being used in 2013.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/172369/vietnam-to-build-five-more-lethal-injection-venues.html|title=Vietnam to build five more lethal injection venues – News VietNamNet|last=vietnamnet.vn|website=english.vietnamnet.vn|access-date=2018-04-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422064044/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/172369/vietnam-to-build-five-more-lethal-injection-venues.html|archive-date=April 22, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Vietnam#f10-1|title=The Death Penalty in Vietnam|website=www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914020718/http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Vietnam#f10-1|archive-date=September 14, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Urges to adopt other methods than lethal injection to replace the shooting execution began earlier, in 2006, after concerns of the mental state of the firing squad members after executions.<ref name="pri20140507" />

The drugs used consist of [[pancuronium bromide]] (paralytic), [[potassium chloride]] (cardiotoxin), and [[sodium thiopental]] (anesthetic).<ref name=":4" /> The production of these substances, however, is low in Vietnam. This led to drug shortages and to considering using other domestic poisons or the readoption of shootings.<ref name="pri20140507" /><ref name=":4" />

The first prisoner in Vietnam to be executed by lethal injection, on August 6, 2013, was 27-year-old Nguyen Anh Tuan, arrested for murder and robbery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-executes-by-lethal-injection-despite-protest/a-17000124|title=Vietnam executes by lethal injection despite protest {{!}} DW {{!}} 06.08.2013|last=(www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche Welle|website=DW.COM|language=en|access-date=2018-04-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422063456/http://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-executes-by-lethal-injection-despite-protest/a-17000124|archive-date=April 22, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Between 2013 and 2016, 429 prisoners were executed by this method in the country.<ref name=":3" />