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Virgin sex ring busted in Ho Chi Minh City
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Police Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old woman for running a prostitution ring procuring virgins at $1,000 per encounter after local police raided a Ho Chi Minh City hotel and caught three couples in the act.

Nguyen Thi Be was taken in when her three prostitutes were busted at Ai Quynh Hotel in District 6.

According to police, Be would recruit virgins from poor rural families in the southern Mekong Delta. She would falsely promise them good jobs and accommodations in Ho Chi Minh City.

But she later forced them to become sex workers. For virgins, she would charge VND20 million (US$1000) per encounter and pocket a “fee” of around VND3 million.

For other sex workers, she would charge VND 4 million - 10 million.

In 2005, Be left Dong Thap province for Ho Chi Minh City to work as a marriage broker introducing Vietnamese women to South Koreans. But, her job was lost when the ring was busted earlier this year.

Prostitution in any form is illegal in Vietnam.