If anyone needs ST status, Vietnam Airlines currently has a 12 month match available. A match to Platinum/STE+ is $299. Gold/STE is about half that price, but I can't imagine many people wanting to pay for STE.

FYI, It took about four hours for my match to approved by statusmatch.com, and another 3.5 days for the status to show up on VN's website. I just wish they would add a flight from LAX, as SQ needs some competition for flights to SEA