03 December 2018 :
A 24-year-old man who stabbed two Saigon vigilantes to death during a robbery attempt was sentenced to death on 29 November 2018.
Nguyen Tan Tai was found guilty of brutally murdering two volunteer members of the Tan Binh District Knights and injuring three other members last May.
Tai and his gang were trying to steal a motorbike parked on the street when the "knights" intervened and a fatal scuffle broke out.
The court sentenced Tai's accomplice, Nguyen Hoang Chau Phu, 24, to life imprisonment.
The indictment said Tai and Phu were "professional thieves" with criminal records who'd returned to old ways after serving previous sentences.