Sex-scandal related actress not licenced to perform in the US

17:17' 27/04/2007 (GMT+7)
Yen VyVietNamNet Bridge - Though many posters advertising the participation of sex-scandal related actress Yen Vy in a show on May 19 in the US are now hung in many places in the US, the HCM City Department of Culture and Information has stated that it hasn’t licenced Yen Vy to perform in the US yet.

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According to the website of the Saigon Entertainment Company, Yen Vy was in the US on March 31 to perform in a programme titled “Foxwood by night” with some famous Vietnamese singers like Dam Vinh Hung, Phuong Thanh, Khanh Ngoc and Nhat Tinh Anh.

Posters advertising this programme have been delivered in the US with a photo of Yen Vy besides other famous Vietnamese singers. There is a rumour that after two shows on May 19, Yen Vy will stay in the US to take part in another show called Pala by night with Ngoc Son, Tuan Hung, Ho Ngoc ha, Phan Dinh Tung and Pham Khanh Hung.

An overseas source said that as the Saigon Tinh Ca (Saigon love song) film by overseas Vietnamese director Ringo Le was introduced in the US in early March 2007, many show organisers planned to invite Yen Vy to take part in their shows as they knew that Yen Vi and Hua Vi Van (the leading actress and actor of the film) would come to the US to introduce their film. However, only Hua Vy Van appeared at the introduction ceremony. Yen Vy couldn’t get a visa to go to the US. However, the Saigon Entertainment Company acquired a visa for Yen Vy.

Nguyen Ngoc Thach, Chief of the HCM City Social Evil Prevention Bureau, said that Yen Vy’s citizen rights had been restored and she could go abroad to perform like others.

Yen Vy, meanwhile, refused to talk about her shows in the US.

Pham Dinh Thang, Chief of the Art Management of the Performance Art Department, said that the HCM City Department of Culture and Information was responsible for granting a performance licence to Yen Vy.

The HCM City People’s Committee is the agency licencing Yen Vy’s overseas performance under the request of the HCM City Department of Culture and Information.

Nguyen The Thanh, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Culture and Information, said that the agency had not received any document related to Yen Vy’s application to go abroad to perform.

Yen Vy can go abroad as a traveler and doesn’t need the permission of the HCM City Department of Culture and Information. However, if she takes part in overseas shows, she must receive the approval of the Vietnamese Consulate General in the host country.

According to Ms Thanh, this is not a suitable time to licence Yen Vi to return to performing.

“We are not narrow-minded or prejudiced against Yen Vy but she committed mistakes. She took the initiative in making mistakes. So we can’t licence her to perform like other artists who seriously obey rules on performance and professional ethics,” Mr Thanh explained.

(Source: Phap luat TPHCM)