Ten condemned prisoners, Nguyen Van Tam; Nguyen Van Quyet (alias Tran Xuan Dung); Ngo Van Doan; Pham Van Tuan; Nguyen Xuan Toan; Pham Ngoc Dinh; Tran Ngoc Quynh; Luong Thanh Binh; Luong Van Chu; Hoang Kim Hoan (f), had their appeals rejected on 22 September. They have seven days to apply for clemency from the President, which is now their only hope of escaping a firing squad. Other prisoners whose appeals for presidential clemency have been rejected, have been executed within a month.
