After the two music nights of Westlife's The Wild Dream in Ho Chi Minh City ended, the program received many mixed opinions regarding the organization.
Notably, on November 23, social networks spread images of cheering sticks given to the audience when attending the program and a show advertising banner hung in front of the gate of Thong Nhat Stadium with the logo of a virtual currency exchange.
Red cheering sticks were given to the audience watching the Westlife show (Photo: Character provided).
Sharing with Dan Tri reporter, audience member Ho Thi Thu Hong (34 years old, from Binh Thanh district), said that she bought a ticket for the Cat 6 area in the music night held on the evening of November 22. At the entrance to the stage, she was given a red light stick by some staff wearing black shirts, on which was printed the logo of the virtual currency exchange.
"Around the stands where I sat, from Cat 3, Cat 4, Cat 5 to Cat 6, the audience all received these red light sticks," said Ms. Thu Hong.
In the grandstand area of the second concert night on the evening of November 22, thousands of spectators held red light sticks (Photo: Screenshot).
In addition, some viewers also reported receiving promotional items printed with the logo of an online betting website when watching the Westlife show. These controversies made netizens angry, criticizing the Organizing Committee for advertising for illegal entities.
Some audiences were given fans printed with betting website information (Photo: Screenshot).
On the evening of November 23, a representative of AMO Company (the Organizing Committee of the 2 Westlife concerts in Ho Chi Minh City) responded to the media, affirming that they are not related, do not work with virtual currency exchanges, and do not put the logos of these parties on the promotional items at Westlife's concert.
This side affirmed: "The Organizing Committee did not give out light sticks to the audience". Previously, the sponsor (a domestic bank) had given out 15,000 light sticks to the audience.
Regarding the controversy over the cryptocurrency exchange logo printed on the banner placed at the stadium, the Organizing Committee said that this was a product made by Westlife's fanclub.
"When we discovered the cryptocurrency exchange logo on the banner, we requested that it be removed before it could be placed in the stadium. As soon as we discovered the incident, the Organizing Committee met to review and remind us. The Organizing Committee admitted that it was not careful enough, causing a lot of impact on the program," said a representative of the Organizing Committee.
The logo of the virtual currency exchange appeared on a banner hanging at Thong Nhat Stadium (Photo: Bich Phuong).
Regarding the controversy over fans printing betting website information, the Organizing Committee also denied any involvement.
"During the show on the evening of November 22, many units gave promotional items to fans. AMO did not cooperate with these units. Yesterday at the end of the show, the Organizing Committee made a record with the local police about the betting unit distributing publications at the show.
On the first day of the show, the sponsoring bank gave fans to the audience. The next day, another unit also gave fans to the audience and the security team did not fully recognize them," said AMO company.
The Organizing Committee also provided reporters with a report that the unit sent to the Police of Ward 6, District 10. According to the report, when the music night on November 22 took place, the Organizing Committee was informed by the authorities that a number of fans distributed to the audience watching the show had information about a betting website printed on them.
"After checking, the units related to the event did not publish the above publications. The Organizing Committee also did not sign a cooperation agreement with the betting website unit. I hereby guarantee that the above information is true. If there is any violation, I will take full responsibility before the law," the minutes stated.
Fans watch Westlife's concert on the evening of November 22 (Photo: Kim Nga).
Although the Organizing Committee has explained, the incident still caused controversy on social networks. Fans believe that Westlife's concert had many shortcomings in the organization, and the operating unit in Vietnam was unprofessional, leading to unnecessary controversy.
Dan Tri reporter also contacted the admin of Westlife's fanclub in Vietnam, but has not received a response.
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