tl;dr: A story that has almost nothing to do with the normal topics on HN, not even the geopolitical content, but still worth reading. Probably the longest story I&#x27;ve read about Vietnam in a long, long time. I would have been happy enough if it had focused just on the first murder, as I&#x27;m always interested in how justice (both official and vigilante) works in the more spread out areas of Vietnam, and in Vietnam in general.<p>My uncle used to live in Saigon...one day one of his dogs ran out because the courtyard door was left open for a bit too long and a moped-riding thief swooped it up out on the streets before they could get to it. They did manage to get the dog back by visiting a local...wherever captured dogs are dropped off before being distributed&#x2F;butchered. So I guessed that if this was happening in Saigon, it was probably a not uncommon thing. Hadn&#x27;t heard about the vigilante justice angle though.