Lu Hai Dang, 19, took advantage of his parents' absence to break into their bedroom with his maternal uncle, stealing phones, cash, and gold worth nearly 900 million dong.
Police are searching for a young man, wearing a black shirt and face mask, riding a white Vision motorcycle, suspected of killing two women and stealing property.
During an argument, Dinh Thi Kim caused the death of her husband's aunt, who lived alone, using a wooden stick before removing her earrings and selling them for 2,5 million VND.
A 75-year-old woman feigned death, lying motionless as her nephew, Nguyen Van Thu, electrocuted her and pressed a pillow over her face to steal money and gold.
Nguyen Thi Thao Lan, 31, knew her sister's safe contained a substantial amount of cash and gold, prompting her to conspire with an accomplice to break it open and commit the theft.
An appellate court upheld the sentences for 13 defendants, citing their lack of remorse for using swords to slash license plates and threaten pedestrians.
A 33-year-old woman, who repeatedly changed clothes to evade detection, broke into a university dormitory and stole numerous belongings from Lao international students.
