David Beckham was stunned to see a Vietnamese fan riding a motorbike with one hand and a kid between her legs when trying to capture a photo of him during his trip to Vietnam early this week, whereas the woman said on her Facebook it was the Englishman who tried to snap her first.

In a photo posted on his official Facebook page on Thursday, two days after the retired English football (soccer) player left the Southeast Asian country after a brief visit, Beckham expressed his concern about how careless a fan was when she was apparently trying to photograph him.
The woman was shown driving her scooter with one hand – while her kid was standing and sleeping with his head buried between the mother’s thighs – and capturing the famous footballer with a smartphone on her left hand.
The photo has generated more than 626,000 likes and 6,580 shares as of Saturday morning.
The driver was not wearing the compulsory crash helmet as per Vietnamese traffic law, and her eyes were all on the ex-Manchester United winger instead of focusing on the road.
“I’m all for fans taking a picture but not sure this is the safest way to do it!” Beckham captioned his viral photo.
The photo has been reposted by many Vietnamese-language newswires shortly after it surfaced. Thousands of Facebook users, both foreigners and Vietnamese, have also commented below the photo, expressing their outrage at the negligence and carelessness of the woman.
“There is a child between her legs!” many comments shared the same shock over the picture.
After the photo went viral in Vietnamese media, local netizens have found the Facebook page believed to belong to the woman, who has been identified as V. K. Lien residing in Hanoi.
Lien also posted some photos showing Beckham sitting in a car, saying she only shot the photos after realizing she was photographed by the Englishman.
“So I was riding my son, who fell asleep and had his cheek on my lap, when I heard the warning horn from a motorcade. Then the window of the car running next to me suddenly opened, which startled my child, and I was thinking I had driven in the wrong lane. Even more shocking, I then realized it was Beckham who was pointing his camera at the child,” the woman wrote on her Facebook on Monday.
“So I was shooting back some photos to appear polite. So embarrassing.”
Many Facebook users have cast doubt on her story, and criticizing the woman for breaching traffic law, which is driving without a helmet while using cellphones.
Others said Beckham might have been intrigued by the way the child slept on the scooter so he decided to take a photo of it.
Beckham was visiting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on Monday and Tuesday to promote an alcoholic drink brand, a trip that is estimated to cost no less than VND1 billion (roughly $50,000).

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Vietnamese fans have displayed their indifferent attitude toward the friendly game between Vietnam and Malaysia at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on Sunday ahead of the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship, or AFF Suzuki Cup, to kick off next week.

Match tickets started selling on Friday at My Dinh and Hang Day Stadiums and at 59 Hoang Cau Street – all in the Vietnamese capital – but few people have stopped by to purchase.
There are even more sellers at the ticket booths than buyers, according to observations by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters.
Although tickets are offered at cheap prices, just a small number of fans have bothered to buy them so far.
Prices range from VND50,000 (US$2.4), VND100,000 ($4.8), to VND150,000 ($7.2).
“I am free on Sunday and my house is near My Dinh so I want to come there for fun,” said Nguyen Van An, a fan in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District. “Actually, I am not much interested in watching the Vietnamese team except when they advance to the final match of the AFF Suzuki Cup.”
In a friendly with Palestine last week, Vietnam were beaten 1-3 on home soil. Only 5,000 fans watched the encounter at the 40,000-seat My Dinh Stadium.
“The organizers have to sell tickets to cover the cost of around VND200 million [$9,600] for leasing the stadium,” said Nguyen Minh Chau, vice general secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation.
The 2014 Suzuki Cup is co-hosted by Vietnam and Singapore from November 22 to December 20.
Matches of Group A – including Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos, and hosts Vietnam –will be held in Hanoi while Singapore hosts Group B games with Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar being their rivals.
Vietnam will take on Indonesia on November 22, Laos on November 25, and the Philippines on November 28.
The semifinal and final games will be played on a home and away basis from December 6 to 20.

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