TIẾNG VIỆT Fashionista rides private plane home to avoid spreading coronavirus
Tien Nguyen was seen in Milan. Photo: cafeF
While Hanoi’s first coronavirus patient Nguyen Hong Nhung and several other patients headed to the capital on a Vietnam Airlines’ luxury business class on March 2, Nguyen Hong Thao Tien, daughter of the “king of Vietnam’s hi-end fashion” Jonathan Hanh Nguyen was sent home from London in a private jet.
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| Photo: baodatviet.vn |
The Imex Pan Pacific Group chairman’s rid kid, the 32nd coronavirus patient in Vietnam, had been tested positive for the virus when she was still in London. The 24-year old idol was reported to have met Nhung during a fashion event Milan Fashion week in Italy.
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| Rich kid Tien Nguyen is seen at her house. Photo: cafeF |
Starting coughing from March 2, Thao Tien was asked to stay at home and drink medicine in London after visiting doctors in the city.
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| Tien and her mother. Photo:cafeF |
Her family decided to hire a private plane to bring her home upon hearing news about Nhung’s health condition in Hanoi on on march 7. Tien Nguyen told netizens that she decided to return home on a private plane to avoid spreading the virus to the community.
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| Tien Nguyen and her mother Le Hong Thuy Tien, CEO of IPP. Photo: cafeF |
She went straight to a makeshift coronavirus hospital in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District upon arrival on March 9th in a separate car. She was later transferred to Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital on the same day.
The celebrity’s father decided to spend $360,000 to bring her home in a private jet to comply with Vietnam’s coronavirus quarantine regulations. Data shows that the aircraft bringing Tien back to Vietnam is part of the Falcon 8x series.
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| Thao Tien was born in 1996. Photo: baodatviet.vn |
Her wealthy father’s IPP Group distributes products of luxury fashion brands including Chanel, Rolex, Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Levis. He also operates franchised fast-food brands including Burger King, Popeyes Chicken, Domino's Pizza, Dunkin 'Donuts and Illy Café.
Beside, he is also the owner of a chain of duty-free shops at airports.
Born into a family that leads local fashion industry, fashionista on social networks Tien Nguyen and her mother Le Hong Thuy Tien are familiar guests of international fashion shows.
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| Mr. Jonathan Hanh Nguyen, Thao Tien's father. Photo: baodatviet.vn |
Media representative of Tang Thanh Ha, an artist and daughter-in-law of Thao Tien told Thanh Nien newspaper that the father decided to hire a private jet to bring her home. It is not because of being rich, he want to prevent coronavirus spreads to the community if she came home on a commercial plane.
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Source: Thanh Nien, CafeF, Dat Viet
