Vu Hien, 34, wearing a mask and riding an unregistered motorcycle, went to a gold shop, feigned interest in a 5-chi ring, then snatched it and escaped.
Experts view a proposed 0.1% tax on each gold transaction as a temporary measure, suggesting more effective long-term solutions are needed to stabilize Vietnam's volatile gold market.
An 18-year-old student, psychologically manipulated, sold nearly 30 taels of gold from his family's safe and transferred approximately 4 billion dong to "online police" scammers.
