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Some images circulating online about promotional items for cryptocurrency exchanges and bookmakers during the Westlife concert. The organizers responded to questions from the press on the evening of November 23.
Some items such as lightsticks and fans that appeared at the Westlife music night in Ho Chi Minh City had printed logos and advertising information for virtual currency exchanges and betting websites (blurred).
After two shows by the band Westlife as part of The Wild Dreams Tour on the evenings of November 21 and 22 in Ho Chi Minh City, the controversy is still not over.
On the evening of November 23, there was a post on social media about rumors that the organizers of the Westlife show in Vietnam advertised the virtual currency exchange F... X.. and the betting house M... right during the show.
Specifically, the logo of the above exchange appeared on cheering lightsticks, on large banners with pictures of four Westlife members posted outside and inside Thong Nhat Stadium, where the two concerts took place.
Many spectators took photos to check-in in front of these banners. At the same time, the banners outside the stadium were also spread on social networks because the image quality and printing were too poor, not suitable for the image of international artists.
Banner with Westlife's image and the cryptocurrency exchange's logo (blurred) hung outside Thong Nhat Stadium
The bookmaker's logo appeared on a fan with the words "M... official sponsor Westlife - The Wild Dreams Tour Vietnam" and some information and website address of this bookmaker.
When the information spread on social media, some viewers quickly concluded that the company that organized the Westlife concert was behind the incident and criticized the company.
To broaden public opinion, on the evening of November 23, the press contacted AMO - the organizing company - to clarify the matter.
The press question for AMO is as follows: "Is AMO aware of or involved in these promotional products? If so, how specifically?
Why were these products smuggled into tens of thousands of people during the concert, right within the scope of the organizer's management?"
Ms. Do Thu Giang, AMO representative, responded to the press: "During yesterday's show, 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.
The unit distributing water at the program is also not a sponsor. So even though they give water to fans, they do not have the right to the logo."
Regarding the lightsticks printed with the logo of the virtual currency exchange, Ms. Giang said that the organizers did not distribute lightsticks to the audience, but the official sponsoring enterprise (a bank) sponsored 15,000 lightsticks for the audience and had bank employees distribute them.
Regarding the fans printed with the bookmaker’s logo, Ms. Giang said that on the first night of the show, the sponsoring company gave away fans to customers. On November 22, another unit also gave away fans and the security guard did not recognize them all.
Regarding the banners with Westlife's image outside and inside the stadium with the logo of the cryptocurrency exchange, Ms. Giang said: "This banner is from the fan club placed outside the stadium. This same banner was recently mistaken for an advertisement of the program and hung in an unsightly manner.
According to the police's recommendation, the organizers should not place check-in publications outside, avoid large gatherings, causing traffic jams, and when spectators take pictures, they may have their phones snatched.
According to the organizers, this is a report that their staff sent to the Police of Ward 6, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City about rumors of promoting a betting house.
Regarding the above poster, the organizers admitted that they did not control it carefully, causing many impacts to the program.
As soon as the poster was discovered, the organizers held a team meeting to review and give a reminder. Because this poster has a huge impact on the program."
When asked by the press in more detail about whether the organizers contacted, worked with, or accepted advertising for the above brands (especially the virtual currency exchange), Ms. Giang replied that the organizers did not work with this exchange and did not include the exchange's logo in the program's publications.
"The first time organizing a big show, there are inevitably many shortcomings. On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to admit my mistakes and will correct them in future programs" - Ms. Do Thu Giang said.
The organizers also provided a report that they claimed was sent by their staff to the Police of Ward 6, District 10 (Ho Chi Minh City).
In the report, the employee presented the incident in a number of fans distributed to the audience with information advertising the bookmaker.
"After checking the units related to this event, it was found that there was no publication as above, and the organizing committee did not sign or cooperate with unit M..." - the report said.
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