5 most noisy scandals in Vietnamese showbiz in 2018

1. Pham Anh Khoa was accused of sexual harassment.

In April 2018, dancer Pham Lich suddenly spoke up to accuse rocker Pham Anh Khoa of sexually harassing her while they were participating in the show "Born to be a Pair".

With a fairly clean image, no scandals, no shocking statements and no tricks during his time in showbiz, Pham Anh Khoa being accused of sexual harassment surprised many people. Especially when he often brags about his happy family with his wife and two children.

Soon after, many other stylists and dancers also denounced Pham Anh Khoa. The incident ruined the rocker's image. The United Nations Population Fund announced that it would no longer cooperate with him as an image ambassador.

The 33-year-old rocker also made many people angry when he said in the middle of the incident: "In showbiz, patting each other's butts is like greeting each other and giving each other a glass of water." After that, Pham Anh Khoa had to hold a press conference to apologize for his actions.

2. Busting a network of beauty queens and actresses selling sex for thousands of dollars

On September 6, 2018, the Department of Investigation of Social Order (PC02, Ho Chi Minh City Police) revealed the identities of the beauties in the prostitution ring with the highest price ever. Accordingly, 2 out of 4 girls are considered famous as TD and CV.

TD works as a prostitute for $7,000, while CV works as a prostitute for $1,500. In 2017, TD won a beauty pageant organized by a domestic company in Korea. From March to April this year, TD continued to win the runner-up prize at a fashion model contest held in Vung Tau and the Miss Eco International 2018 contest in Egypt.

Meanwhile, actress and MC CV is only 21 years old, she was once in the top 18 MCs of the Student Swallow contest.

3. Truong Giang proposed to Nha Phuong, was accused of being flirtatious by Nam Em and Que Van

The noisy incident between Truong Giang, Nha Phuong, Nam Em and Que Van, also known as the "love drama", has consumed a lot of ink in the press throughout the past year.

In January 2018, after a long time together, Truong Giang suddenly proposed to Nha Phuong on the live broadcast of the Mai Vang Awards. When Nha Phuong still had no reaction to the proposal, 2 months later, Nam Em suddenly livestreamed, declaring that she had been in a relationship with Truong Giang while he and Nha Phuong were in love. The shared words made Nam Em receive a lot of "brickbats" from netizens.

Not only that, later, "ex" Que Van spoke up to accuse Truong Giang of being a womanizer. Khoi My was also once flirted with by Truong Giang.

Que Van shared that Truong Giang is a smooth talker, who can "swear love" to many girls. The male comedian often flirts with beauties on set. Que Van also accused Truong Giang of being "two-faced", loving both Nha Phuong and her at the same time. The day before, he was at Nha Phuong's house, but the next day, he called her.

This incident only ended after Nha Phuong and Truong Giang's wedding in September. The beauties involved in this scandal all ended their relationship with Truong Giang and hoped that he would treat Nha Phuong better than he had treated them.

4. "Love triangle" Cat Phuong - Kieu Minh Tuan - An Nguy

Another very noisy love scandal in 2018 was the love triangle between Cat Phuong - Kieu Minh Tuan and An Nguy.

In mid-August, social media was abuzz with rumors that Cat Phuong and Kieu Minh Tuan had broken up after many years together. In early September 2018, rumors emerged that Kieu Minh Tuan was dating. The evidence was that An Nguy went to Kieu Minh Tuan's hometown in Vung Tau to visit during the holidays, while Cat Phuong stayed alone in Ho Chi Minh City.

The incident came to a head when a news site posted a video recording an interview between Kieu Minh Tuan and An Nguy admitting their feelings for each other after co-starring in the film “Uncle, Don’t Marry My Mother.” Immediately, the film was boycotted by the audience, and the producer threatened to sue them for losing revenue.

After that, the internet continued to be "stirred up" when a text message suddenly appeared with the content suspecting that Cat Phuong was the one behind the whole scandal. To save her honor and save the film's disastrous revenue, Cat Phuong and Kieu Minh Tuan met with the press to apologize to the audience. Kieu Minh Tuan affirmed that he was wrong, Cat Phuong burst into tears and affirmed that the relationship was still good and after the storm, they loved each other even more.

By November, when the incident had gradually calmed down, An Nguy suddenly accused Cat Phuong of being behind the PR of her love affair with Kieu Minh Tuan. However, the incident no longer received public attention because they were fed up with this drama.

5. Phan Ngoc Luan "accused" Dam Vinh Hung of being gay.

Participating in the program “1 hour to tell everything”, Phan Ngoc Luan shocked everyone when he revealed that he once had feelings for Dam Vinh Hung - his teacher at “The Voice of Vietnam 2012”. Phan Ngoc Luan said that when he went to the “king of Vietnamese music”’s house to practice, he sometimes slept over and from the times he slept together and practiced singing with Mr. Dam, his feelings gradually blossomed and developed.

The male singer even shared that they used to sleep in the same bed and he couldn't count how many times Dam Vinh Hung kissed him. Phan Ngoc Luan's sharing was immediately heavily criticized by netizens. Most of the comments did not hesitate to call Phan Ngoc Luan ungrateful and ungrateful.

Before the whole incident, Dam Vinh Hung said he was very calm because "this media game is no longer strange to him". The male singer affirmed that Ngoc Luan was impulsive when he listened to the instigation and wrong advice of heartless people and chose a very bad story to attract attention. All of it was just to promote a new music product./.

Thanh Thanh