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GENERAL PART
Chapter XXIV
CRIMES OF UNDERMINING PEACE, AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES
Article 343.- War crimes
Those who, in time of war, give the order for or directly undertake the murder of civilians, wounded persons, prisoners of war, the looting of property, the destruction of population quarters, the use of banned war means or methods, and/or commit other acts in serious violation of international laws or international treaties which Vietnam has signed or acceded to, shall be sentenced to between ten years and twenty years of imprisonment, life imprisonment or capital punishment.
Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(xviii) Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices