The two students are Tran Thi Phuong Thao and Dinh Thi Hue who are both 21 years old and from the northern province of Phu Tho.
Thao at the police station
Thao said that through Facebook, she got to know two Chinese people. One of them was Ou Guo Pei. Thao studies Chinese at a Hanoi university.
The two asked Thao to help rent some houses for Chinese illegal migrants. Shen then told her friend Hue to join the business.
Thao hired a house and two apartments in Thanh Xuan District for five Chinese. Meanwhile, Hue also hired two apartments in the same district for 11 other Chinese people.
Thao was paid VND140 million (USD6,086) and Hue received VND4 million (USD173.91) as commission.
After being raided by Hanoi police on April 20, one of the Chinese people staying at facilities hired by Thao had fled.
Sixteen of 17 Chinese illegal migrants in the ring have been sent to a local quarantine site.
The police have also prosecuted Ou Guo Pei.
