Travel firm hires airplanes for Vietnamese football fans

Immediately after Vietnam beat Singapore 1-0 to enter the semi-finals of AFF Cup 2010, hundreds of fans called travel agents to book trips to Malaysia, where Vietnam and Malaysia will meet in the first semi final game on December 15.
A local tourism company, Vietravel, hired two Vietnam Airlines airplanes, totaling 360 seats, which will both depart from Hanoi and HCM City to Kuala Lumpur and return from Kuala Lumpur to Vietnam on December 15, to serve football fans.
The trip from HCM City is priced at VND8.9 million and VND9.9 million for the trip from Hanoi.
The firm also offers 2-4 day tours to Malaysia, including ticket for the game between Vietnam and the host.
Hanoi Redtour booked 40 seats on Vietnam Airlines flights to Malaysia. Its four-day tours to Malaysia, plus a ticket to the semifinal match, are priced $469. Nearly 20 tourists booked the tour on December 9 morning.
Hanoi Tourist said travel firms are worrying about the shortage of air tickets to Malaysia. This company only received a booking for a group of 16 people to Malaysia on December 15.
On online forums, members called on each other to self organize tours to Malaysia to watch football.