Red card for Vietjet after football PR stunt with lingerie models
Hanoi
VIETNAM'S budget airline has apologised for sending scantily clad lingerie models to join the country's under-23 football squad on a flight home, after social media cried foul over the "cheap" 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 crushing defeat against Uzbekistan in the Under-23 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championship on Saturday.
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