Xã Hội Đen
Vietnamese criminal organizations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xã hội đen, or hắc xã hội (Chinese: 黑社会, literally means "black societies"), is a Vietnamese term used to describe criminal forces, whose goal is to make money from illegal and overall immoral activities. The term is believed to have become widly used thanks to Hongkong's TV series and movies about the Chinese secret society Heishehui.[1]
An individual who participates in these criminal activities can be called giang hồ,[lower-alpha 1] găng-xtơ,[lower-alpha 2] côn đồ,[lower-alpha 3] or tội phạm.[lower-alpha 4] A criminal organization is known as băng đảng or băng nhóm, depending on its scale.[2][3]