U.N. urged to freeze anti-drug aid to Vietnam over death penalty

VIENNA (Reuters) - Three groups campaigning against the death penalty called on the United Nations to freeze counter-narcotics aid to Vietnam after it sentenced 30 people to die for heroin trafficking.

Judges in northern Vietnam condemned 30 people to death and jailed dozens more on January 20 for trafficking over 12 tonnes of heroin, in the Communist country's biggest-ever drugs trial.