'Kong' director returns to the US to continue treatment

Late on September 20, Jordan Vogt-Roberts left Ho Chi Minh City for Los Angeles to monitor his head injury after 10 days in the hospital due to being beaten.

The director of Kong: Skull Island returned to the US alone with a bandaged head wound. However, he is in a better mood than when he was hospitalized after being assaulted. Back in the US, Jordan Vogt-Roberts will spend time continuing to recover from his injuries. He hopes that the authorities in Vietnam will soon come to a conclusion on the investigation into the group that assaulted him and many others at a bar in Saigon in the early morning of September 9.

The American director has not revealed when he will return to Vietnam to continue his unfinished work.

* Scene in the bar at the time of the incident

Previously, after being beaten at a bar, Jordan Vogt-Roberts was taken to the emergency room by friends in critical condition.skull fracture, cerebral hemorrhage.

Immediately after the incident, in a letter sent to the US Embassy and representatives of the authorities in Vietnam, Jordan Vogt-RobertsHe claimed that he was assaulted and attacked suddenly, not in a fight in a bar.

"I am hurt, scared and not sure how to resolve this without affecting the image of Vietnam - a country I love so much," Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

The Vietnam Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 term expressed: "I have great love for Vietnam and I am afraid that when they hear this story, they will be afraid to come to Vietnam or change their mind about working here. I want to avoid that. The details in this story will scare many people I want to cooperate with to bring projects and opportunities to Vietnam. However, I feel that justice needs to be done to those involved.I hope the authorities of the two countries can cooperate to help resolve this matter as quickly and correctly as possible.".

* Director shares that he wants to live in Vietnam at the end of the year

Jordan Vogt-Roberts is the director of Kong: Skull Island - a blockbuster film with 70% of its setting in Vietnam. The film grossed 566 million USD worldwide and earned 170 billion VND (equivalent to 7.5 million USD) in Vietnam - the second highest in the history of Vietnamese cinema. The American director also holds the role of Vietnam Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 term, with the responsibility of promoting and promoting Vietnamese tourism.

In the past few months, Jordan has been involved in many activities such as leading foreign filmmakers to see the Vietnamese landscape, organizing scholarships and judging short films. He also shared his intention to move to Vietnam at the end of the year. This time, the director returned to Vietnam to attend the VTV Awards 2017 in Hanoi on the evening of September 7 and participate in the International Tourism Fair ITE in Ho Chi Minh City from September 7 to 9.

According to VNE