A Vietnamese man in Hanoi has been condemned to death for killing two young girls and raping a woman, with his parents serving suspended sentences for failing to report his crimes. Dao Van Hung, a 32-year-old resident of Phu Xuyen District, Hanoi, was tried for murdering Thu T., 10, and Thi T., 9, who were his next-door neighbors, and sexually assaulting Nguyen T., 27, a local woman, according to the indictment by the Hanoi People’s Court on Wednesday. The first crime came to light only after he was arrested for the second. According to investigation results, Hung graduated from a major university in Hanoi, had employment for a certain time in the city before living with his mentally deranged elder brother in a house next to his parents’ on the outskirts of the capital. On an evening of May 2016, he killed the two girls and buried their bodies in his back garden. Hung said that he murdered them in order to find out why no local women had ever been interested in him. His parents were all aware of his wrongdoing, for at the time they were crying over the children’s bodies lying on his bed, reproaching him for causing them to suffer, according to the crime record. He begged his parents to shroud the killing in secrecy, over which they agreed. The spot where the two girls were buried, in Phu Xuyen District, Hanoi. Photo: Tuoi Tre In the other case, on the afternoon of November 19, 2016,… [Read full story]
Cao Trung Lap, 29 (C) at the hearing on Friday when he was sentenced to death for killing Hoang Ngoc Tri, 26, after stealing the latter's laptop and injuring three other men, including a police officer. Photo by Le Quang A Ho Chi Minh City court Friday found 29-year-old Cao Trung Lap guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. In the incident that happened last September, three other men, including a police officer, was injured. According to the indictment, Lap approached and snatched a bag containing the laptop of Hoang Ngoc Tri, 26, a new university graduate, on a street in…... [read more]
Giang Phuong A court in the southern province of Tay Ninh has sentenced a 23-year-old man to death for killing a waiter in a brawl that began on anonline messaging app in March. Nguyen Van Cuong was found guilty of killing 22-year-old Dang Ha Nhi, a waiter at the F6 restaurant in the province's Duong Minh Chau District. Tay Ninh is around 100 kilometers to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. Nine other men, who joined Cuong's attack on the restaurant on March 11, got between 9 and 16 years, also for murder. The crime stemmed from conflicts between…... [read more]
A Hanoi court Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man to death for killing a gold shop owner earlier this year in an incident that was caught by a security camera. Nguyen Huu Duong of Thai Binh Province was found guilty of murder and robbery. He had borrowed VND30 million (US$1,400) from a bank in the name of his father Nguyen Huu Ruong and three taels of gold (worth around VND134 million or $6,400) from his wife's parents. On February 16 last year his father called him, telling him to repay the loan. Since he had no money, Duong planned to rob…... [read more]
A court in central Vietnam sentenced a man to death on Thursday for raping and murdering a 16-year old girl two years ago. Truong Que Lam, 35, also had to pay VND123.6 million (US$5,800) in compensation for the victim's family, the People's Court of Khanh Hoa Province said. According to an indictment read at the court, Lam saw the victim, Le Thi Thanh Nga, catching snails in a small pond near a shrimp farm where he worked in Cam Ranh town one night in April of 2012. Lam covered her mouth with his t-shirt and forced her to walk to…... [read more]
A court in central Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the killing of a 11-year-old boy four months ago. The People's Court of Binh Thuan Province convicted Nguyen Bao Vu, 24, of murder and kidnapping. Vu was arrested on Apr. 6, two days after the boy was reported missing. Based on his statement, the police were able to find the boy's body, which was buried in a sand hill about 10 km from his home in Binh Thuan. At the trial, Vu said he had planned to kidnap the boy, whose brother was his friend, for ransom.…... [read more]
