Sex sells, anytime, anywhere. Because the demand is always high, meeting such expectation requires a adequate amount of supplies.
And when it involves raunchy things, a lot of people like to fantasize being in bed with a beautiful airline flight attendant.
After all, flight attendant requires meeting several requirements to ensure safety and effective performance of duties, and many of those requirements involve physical prowess. For example, flight attendant, or also called air stewardesses, have to meet a certain height and weight, and that they have to have corrected vision, good hearing, stamina, strength, flexibility an mobility, a good general health, the ability to meet the standards of a professional appearance, proficient in several languages, and more.
Vo Thi My Hanh knows this extremely well.
This is why she becomes the supplier for this underground lucrative business, by becoming a pimp for more than just a handful of physically-attractive young women.
Through her skills and knowledge, as well as her experience being an flight attendant herself, she sells sexual services of young women, by providing them a fantasy-come-true experience to her clients.
Being the 'madam' of more than handful of fellow flight stewardess and photographic models was a profitable business for Hanh.
It's said that Hanh would charge clients 27 million Vietnamese dong, or around $1,100, for a standard 90-minute session with one of her girls, or 60 million Vietnamese dong, or around $2,500 for an overnight arrangement.
And allegedly, she would then collect around 7 million Vietnamese dong, or around $300 as her fee for each booking.
Hanh allegedly earned more than one billion Vietnamese dong for herself, in just a few months in business.
Everything was doing well, until the police found out about her.
Vo Thi My Hanh was arrested after the police conducted an investigation, and during her arrest, the police allegedly found three active flight attendants in bed with different men.
A fourth woman, a model, was also arrested while having sexual intercourse with a customer.
"An inspection was conducted of the hotel on Le Thi Rieng Street of Ben Thanh ward, District 1, where officers found that in four rooms, there were four subjects engaging in prostitution: 31-year-old flight attendant N.T.A., 27-year-old flight attendant H.N.Q.T., 28-year-old flight attendant N.H.K.V., and 30-year-old photographic model L.T.T.N.
"Three were flight attendants and one was a model [...] ," the police said.
"The suspect Vo Thi My Hanh was detained for the act of brokering sex.
"At the police station, the four women claimed to have been employed by the suspect who sold them for sex at the hotel for 1,000 to 3,000 USD. They admitted to committing the offence.
"Vo Thi My Hanh admitted to contacting many flight attendants, 'hot girls' and photo models, then sent pictures of prostitutes in flight attendant uniforms to get customers to hire them for sex."
Vo Thi My Hanh initially got involved in this business, when she and her colleagues were on layovers in Vietnam.
During the time, she and other air hostesses, as well as local models, were working for extra incomes.
Then, Hanh started becoming an escort, seeing customers herself in the city of Hanoi, Ba Ria, Vung Tau, exchanging companionship, and sexual favors, for money.
To market herself to her clients, Hanh disclosed that she's a air stewardess at Vietnam Airlines, and posted photos welcoming customers and VIP guests.
She even proudly posted photos of herself wearing her uniform.
She also posted photos of herself indulging in some good things in life, including holidays on yachts, and staying at luxury destinations around the world.
At the time, the 26-year-old was still an air hostess with flag carrier, before focusing on being a full-time madam.
When conducting business, she would request the buyers to transfer her money, before she would then arrange the meeting between the men and the cabin crew the men desire, many of whom were Hanh former colleagues and girls from other airliners.
Besides providing a place for sex, which include hotels and resorts, Hanh also also rented luxury cars for their transport.
Being a professional pimp, Hanh instructed the women to exclusively communicate with the men, and be proactive in sexual transactions.
After each and every time she received the negotiated payments from clients, Hanh would subsequently disbursed the funds to the girls.
When she was apprehended, the police claimed that there were at least 30 women on her books.
The police added that it was part of a ruse to draw other women into her lifestyle.
The girls were mostly flight stewardess, all of whom had already been through grueling interviews and training to ensure they were pretty enough and had the right physique to be working at the airline.
By cultivating the identity of a prosperous young woman on social media and amassing hundreds of thousands of followers across various platforms, Hanh spent massive amounts of money on luxury brands and for travels, she managed to lure lure young women into working with her.
By regularly showcased her opulent lifestyle, by sharing photos from visits to prestigious and renowned locations on platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, Hanh built herself the image of a beautiful, successful young girl.
She knows very well how to attract new recruits into her ring, and how to market these girls to wealthy clients from around the world willing to pay large sums.
To sell her girls to clients, Hanh would upload photos of the girls to the internet, as well as sending men pictures of the girls in their hostess uniforms.
Hanh, the ring leader, was caught red handed, and held in custody on suspicion of prostitution and brokering sex services.
The police successfully dismantled the sex ring on August 9, 2023, when the Criminal Police Department coordinated with the District 1 Police to raid the luxury hotel used by Hanh in Ho Chi Minh City
"Currently, the Investigative Police Department, City Public Security and Criminal Police Department continue to consolidate documents and evidence while investigating the case and strictly handling it in accordance with the law," the police said soon after.