Vietnam's Que Ngoc Hai (C) fights for the ball with Manchester City's David Silva (R) and Aleksandar Kolarov during a friendly soccer match at My Dinh stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 27, 2015. REUTERS/Kham
(Reuters) - Vietnam suffered an 8-1 hammering at the hands of English outfit Manchester City last week but the sponsor of the glamour fixture suffered far bigger losses.
Do Quang Hien, chairman of SHB Bank, said he spent "about 40 billion Vietnam dong" (1.17 million pounds) bringing the four-times English champions to Southeast Asia with much more going on security, medical and organisation of the game in Hanoi.
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