HANOI - Vietnam's budget airline has apologised for sending scantily clad models to join the country's under-23 men's football squad on a flight home, after social media cried foul over the "cheap" public relations (PR) stunt.
VietJet - best known for its bikini-clad
air hostesses - came under fire for sending models in barely there
costumes to join the footballers heading home from China, where the team
suffered a 2-1 defeat after extra time by Uzbekistan in the Under-23
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championship on Saturday (Jan 27).
Social media in the communist nation erupted over the photos,
including one of an awkward-looking young man being embraced by a model
in a low-cut silver belly top and red underpants.
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Others showed the sequin- and feather-adorned pin-ups posing on the
private flight that VietJet chartered for the team after the tournament.
But netizens in Vietnam were not impressed with the airline models.
"VietJet's move was so rude, cheap, and offensive to the team, the
fans and even its passengers," Facebook user Nguyen My Linh wrote in a
post that received 1,700 likes and more than 100 shares by midday on
Monday.
Source - TheNation
