Death penalty for corruption!

Sir with respect to "Japan halts aid for Vietnam after bribe case" by Tim Johnston and Mure Dickie December 6, are you aware that there is death-penalty in Vietnam for corruption? Below what I wrote when visiting Vietnam as an Executive Director of the World Bank in 2003 (Voice and Noise, 2006)

Death penalty for corruption!

What does it really mean to have a death penalty for corruption—and still they tell you that corruption is rampant everywhere? In effectiveness, how does it compare to OECD's recent huge step forward of not allowing tax deductibility of corruption payments any longer? Are there any anticorruption patches to be found that might make it easier to break the bribery habit? Or do you have to go cold turkey?