Released from prison, the 42-year-old woman committed two consecutive jewelry thefts worth hundreds of millions using the ruse of a customer.

Vi Van Hanh stole 10 chi of gold from his mother's cabinet, selling it for 150 million VND to fund his gambling habit, and then staged a ransacking to mislead his family into believing their home had been burglarized.

Le Binh Yen, 36, used bolt cutters to break into a woman's home in Long Xuyen ward, stealing gold and cash valued at over 1,5 billion dong.

Le Phuong Yen, 29, fled and changed her appearance to evade authorities after stealing gold from her lover.

Do Tan Duoc, 39, was detained by Dong Nai police after allegedly stealing over one billion dong and other valuable assets from a motorbike trunk at a hospital. He then used a portion of the stolen money to take his girlfriend out and buy her gifts.