These Students In Vietnam Created A Video "Exposing" Different Countries’ Controversial Issues And It’s Genius
Three students who created the video told Almost that they were inspired by the iconic Thanksgiving scene in "Gossip Girl".
A group of students in Vietnam, have gone viral on social media with a savage video calling out controversial issues in different countries around the world.
The video, which is set against Jason Derulo’s “Whatcha Say,” shows students representing different countries at the Model United Nations throwing their placards when asked about controversial topics, such as hijabs in France, COVID in China, women’s rights in Saudi Arabia and Brexit in the UK.
Three students who created the video told Almost that they had made the video as part of the Model United Nations (MUN) conference at the United Nations International School in Hanoi.
16-year-old Zoe Banh and 17-year-olds Hailey Kim and Nam Khanh Kieu said that they hoped to convey the MUN conference’s values of combating global issues by presenting different perspectives with the video.
“This video specifically addresses global issues and controversies related to specific countries that our delegates represent in a playful manner that engages our audience in learning more about world events,” Banh, Kim and Kieu said.
“I was inspired by the trend that came from a scene in the TV show ‘Gossip Girl,’" Banh, the social media lead for the MUN conference, told Almost. “In the scene, the characters are gathered at a table for Thanksgiving dinner, but then proceed to leave the table one after the other when a mention of a piece of information ‘exposes’ the character.”
“I wanted to incorporate this theme into the delegates that represented countries and similar controversial pieces of information that ‘expose’ the country,” Banh said.
Banh said the video was filmed in just 10 minutes.
It has gained more than 10 million views on Instagram since being shared in November 2024.
When asked if they expected the video to go viral, Banh said, “Maybe a little,” adding that the students like to follow trends and make short and good quality content.
“This reel in particular was pretty controversial, which brought many commenters that helped engage the algorithm. We let our delegates participate to increase community interest in [the conference],” she added.
Kim and Kieu, who are the Co-Heads of Marketing & Media at the conference, added that the comments featured “many heated discussions and fruitful debates,” which is what they strive for at the school’s MUN conference.
The students have also created several other videos and said they only recently started sharing them on social media but hope to grow their audience and “make a bigger impact.”
“We work towards following trends and building a community where younger kids in [our school] gain interest in participating in the conference and even join our leadership team to create more content for the conference,” the three students said.
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