Formation
Bình Xuyên groups first emerged in the early 1920s as a loosely organized coalition of gangs and contract laborers about two hundred to three hundred strong. Bình Xuyên's early history consisted of cycles of kidnapping, piracy, pursuit, and occasionally imprisonment. One of the gang leaders was Ba Dương, a kingpin in the Saigon-Cholon area. His lieutenants included Huỳnh Văn Trọng (aka Mười Trí), Dương Văn Hà (aka Năm Hà), Võ Văn Môn (aka Bảy Môn), and Lê Văn Viễn (aka Bảy Viễn). Bình Xuyên's history is largely that of two separate groups: Ba Dương's troops (the Bộ Đội Bình Xuyên) and Bảy Viễn's Bình Xuyên.
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