Thai hotgirl Pinto Hathairat caused a stir when she unexpectedly arrived in Vietnam, after publicly showing her fondness for Đình Bắc and goalkeeper Trung Kiên, while also being warmly received by netizens.
On the morning of February 12, the Vietnamese online community buzzed as Pinto Hathairat posted a photo at the airport accompanied by a brief caption: “Let’s go Vietnam”. Within less than an hour, the post attracted tens of thousands of likes and comments, with countless warm greetings from Vietnamese fans.
Pinto Hathairat, 25, is a well-known figure on Thai social media with millions of followers. She previously went viral for a video cheering on the Thai national team in the final of the 33rd SEA Games, which gained her significant recognition and close following from Vietnamese netizens.
Recently, the Thai beauty has frequently interacted with Vietnamese fans and openly expressed her admiration for goalkeeper Trần Trung Kiên. During the AFC U23 Championship, after Thailand’s U23 team was eliminated in the group stage, Pinto Hathairat surprisingly switched her support to Vietnam’s U23 team, regularly posting photos and videos backing the Red Shirts.
Notably, she went viral after sharing a post about goalkeeper Trung Kiên: “Who’s more handsome? The Vietnamese goalkeeper is famous in Thailand because he’s good-looking”. Below, a user commented jokingly: “You’re very famous in Vietnam”, which further amplified the story. Moreover, Pinto Hathairat showed great excitement and celebrated wildly when Nguyễn Đình Bắc scored for Vietnam’s U23 team.
What endears her even more to Vietnamese fans is her friendly and open attitude. Despite Thailand’s U22 team losing to Vietnam’s U22, she happily took photos and mingled with Vietnamese supporters, creating a rare positive image between two football cultures with a long-standing rivalry.
Few know that before becoming a social media star, Pinto Hathairat was a martial artist who competed in K-1 fighting events in China. Later, she shifted her focus to academics, pursuing traditional medicine. This visit to Vietnam has thus sparked even more curiosity and excitement among fans eager for her next viral moments from the Land of Smiles.