It can be said that Mr. Vo Nguyen Hoai Linh (artist Hoai Linh), is a character who has left many scandals in recent years. The fact that he received VND14 billion of charity contribution but did not give to anyone and kept for himself. This fraud is now associated with his name, similar to the gold-plated beef stuck to Minister of Public Security To Lam and cannot be washed anymore.
Hoai Linh’s story calling for charity was previously a form of financial fraud, however, he was too arrogant so people discovered it right away. If only he had used a small part of the sum he received from contributors to charity activities, his fraud would be covered and difficult for public to detect.
The more civilized the society, the higher the awareness of environmental protection. Hoai Linh is a person who has lived in the US for a long time, one of the most developed countries in the world. When he returned to Vietnam, he thought he was conscious of protecting the environment, not like the loggers and bird traps who came to annihilate. If he is a person who can integrate into the civilized world, then he must feel pity when the Vietnamese people destroy nature. However, Mr. Hoai Linh is not like that, he has a very condemnable hobby, which is going to the forest to trap birds.
On August 10, Vietnamnet newspaper published an article “Duong Trieu Vu: Hoai Linh’s new hobby is going to the forest to trap birds.” This article quotes Duong Trieu Vu, the younger brother of artist Hoai Linh as saying, “Hoai Linh is now very healthy, eating more and fatter than before, but his skin is darker because he goes to the forest to trap birds every week, that’s his new hobby.”
After this sharing, Hoai Linh met with a strong reaction from the audience, because they thought that it could harm animals or trap rare birds, which would violate the law. According to the provisions of current Vietnamese law, cases of hunting, trapping, keeping, trading… birds belonging to endangered and rare groups that need protection, depending on the seriousness of the violation, will be administratively fined or criminally punished.
Even if it is to trap birds that are not in the rare or endangered group, this action also shows that the sense of responsibility for environmental protection is too low. If they are anonymous, what they do has little impact on society, but Mr. Vo Nguyen Hoai Linh is a famous artist, his actions are a bad example for many people. This is very condemnable.
The environmental awareness of some Vietnamese artists is alarming. Recently, the forest of Soc Son has gone on a rampage with a flash flood, bringing with it soil and rocks to filling the wheels of cars.
Thirteen years ago, singer My Linh and her husband destroyed the forest to build a villa. During this period, it is estimated that thousands of houses and homestays were illegally built in Soc Son forest. Of course, a house of My Linh who only destroyed 10,000 m2 of forest cannot make the forest angry, but thousands of “imitation” houses built illegally by My Linh on this forest will make the forest angry. Therefore, being a celebrity requires a high sense of responsibility, because they are the people that fans look to to imitate.
It is worth mentioning that, over the years, the press has reported a lot about My Linh’s wrongdoing, but her house is still there. If My Linh did not move house and return land to the forest, how could thousands of other houses move home and return the forest? To tell the truth, with My Linh’s current property, buying a house to build a mansion is just like buying candy, but why not set an example? This is not soft power, proving that we are not bored with anyone, but it is an indicator of the low consciousness of this artist.
Not all artists have a low awareness of environmental protection like Hoai Linh and My Linh. However, the number of conscious people is usually not as famous as these two, and they are so few, that they sink into the numerous low consciousness artists.
The title on the Vietnamnet newspaper has changed, perhaps due to the request of the artist. However, even if the title is withdrawn, the truth cannot be hidden. Hoai Linh, an artist who lacks awareness of environmental protection.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
