The two suspects in the murder of six people in a home in southern Vietnam this week deliberately planned to kill all the victims before taking their money and valuables, a police general said this afternoon. Investigators have found sufficient evidence and the suspects, Nguyen Hai Duong and Vu Van Tien, both 24, have confessed to their crime, Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong … [Read more...] about Binh Phuoc massacre: Suspects planned to murder all victims, general says
Murder
Teenager confesses to raping, drowning 17-year-old girl, invokes convicted murderer
Police in the north central province of Thanh Hoa Monday arrested a teenager for allegedly raping and drowning a teenage girl to death in a river. Le Tuan Anh, 17, confessed to the killing of Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, 17, two days earlier. He told the police he had met Ngoc in a village in Quang Xuong District the same day, became friendly, and asked her to go to the Tinh River … [Read more...] about Teenager confesses to raping, drowning 17-year-old girl, invokes convicted murderer
Man cleared of murder charge after 10 years in jail
A man from the northern province of Bac Giang was announced not guilty Saturday after serving ten years in jail on a wrongful murder charge. The announcement from the Ministry of Public Security and the Surpreme People’s Court said investigations had confirmed that Nguyen Thanh Chan did not murder his neighbor Nguyen Thi Hoan, officially clearing Chan’s name after … [Read more...] about Man cleared of murder charge after 10 years in jail
Searching for the dog-thief murderers
For the past four years, I have edited bizarre and chilling briefs about mob justice throughout the country. All of them seemed so strange, random and unwarranted. Soon, I was addicted to these stories and tried to imagine how they had unfolded. Take, for example, the 2011 story about a small hamlet in Yen Thanh District, Nghe An Province, that beat the stuffing out of a … [Read more...] about Searching for the dog-thief murderers
Vietnam court reprieves dog thief murderers
Ten dog thief murderers appealed their sentences in the central city of Da Nang on Friday. Photo: Nguyen Tu The Supreme People’s Court has reduced jail terms for six of ten people convicted of beating two suspected dogs thieves to death in the north-central province of Quang Tri. The appeal trial, held in the central city of Da Nang on August 30, drew hundreds of … [Read more...] about Vietnam court reprieves dog thief murderers
Vietnam man fined for cooking up murder story online
A 21-year-old man was fined VND25 million (US$1,185) for inventing a story about a deadly shooting in the north-central province of Quang Binh that went viral on Facebook, scaring the public. The local police said that on February 21, Ngo Dinh So wrote on his Facebook page that after a collision between a truck and a Toyota Camry, the car driver shot the other driver and his … [Read more...] about Vietnam man fined for cooking up murder story online
Police hunt for suspects in mass murder in northern Vietnam
Police in the northern Vietnamese province of Quang Ninh are hunting for two suspects in the recent murder of four family members, including a sexagenarian woman and her three grandchildren. Doan Trung Dung, 45, from Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh, has been identified as the alleged prime murderer of the four victims, an official from the Ministry of Public Security affirmed on … [Read more...] about Police hunt for suspects in mass murder in northern Vietnam
4 jailed for murdering Hanoi hospital director
The four men jailed for murder in Hanoi Wednesday, including Nguyen Quang Dat,(R), in court A Hanoi court Wednesday sentenced four men, including the head of a medical equipment firm, to 17 to 20 years in jail for murdering the director of a local hospital in March over a business-related feud. Nguyen Quang Dat, 53, director of Medical Equipment Trading Company (DY33) got 20 … [Read more...] about 4 jailed for murdering Hanoi hospital director
Failed dog theft attempt escalates to double murder in central Vietnam
Nguyen Van Tien, who briefly served in the military, was arrested on Friday, about 42 hours after the murders in the Central Highlands. Tien confessed that he had not planned the theft in advance, but the idea came to him when he was passing Cuong’s house that night and hearing his dog barking, news website VnExpress reported. He allegedly broke into the neighbor's … [Read more...] about Failed dog theft attempt escalates to double murder in central Vietnam
Vietnam police dismiss rumor of murder for organs near China border
The victim's body was cut into pieces, but police rejected the theory that he was killed for organs. Police in the northern province of Cao Bang have shrugged off speculation that a local man was killed for his organs which were then sold to China. Nguyen Van Hong, the police chief, confirmed on Monday that "his organs were not taken away." On September 16, Be Van Tuyen, a … [Read more...] about Vietnam police dismiss rumor of murder for organs near China border