Thach Thanh Tuan, 25, pretended his motorbike had broken down and asked two children for help. He then lured them to a sweet potato field where he assaulted them, tied them up, and sexually abused the girl.
Le Tran Trung Tin, 28, is accused of demanding nude photos from women as collateral for high-interest loans, threatening to publish them online if they failed to repay.
24-year-old Le Van Truong admitted to fatally beating his girlfriend's 5-year-old son in a fit of anger, causing the child's death from hemorrhagic shock and ruptured liver and spleen.
A bank employee in Phu Quoc lent 600 million VND to Nguyen Thi Hue while her loan application was being processed, but Hue disappeared without repaying the debt.
A high-speed ferry, Lightning 68-6, rescued a fisherman adrift at sea while traveling from Hon Son to Rach Gia on the afternoon of 21/7. The ferry returned to shore with the fisherman safely aboard.