Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 18:21 GMT+7
Pham Van Dung is held at the police station in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, Vietnam, April 19, 2021 in this supplied photo.
A man from the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has been arrested for murdering and raping a five-year-old girl last weekend.
The provincial Department of Public Security confirmed on Monday it had apprehended and initiated legal proceedings against Pham Van Dung, 46, for killing and raping an under 16-year-old person.
The victim was P.N.Q.N., Dung’s five-year-old neighbor.
Police investigation showed that Dung went to the house of T.A., who is a neighbor, to attend the death anniversary of the latter’s family member on Saturday evening.