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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - BREAKING: Vietnam Bans Alcohol in Karaoke Bars

Posted: 2/17/2006 11:50:06 AM EDT

Mojo.... what is up with that?

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_fe_st/vietnam_karaoke

HANOI, Vietnam - Karaoke bars in Vietnam will no longer be allowed to sell or have alcohol on their premises as part of the country's continued campaign against so-called 'social evils,' a government official said Friday.

Under a decree that took effect Thursday, karaoke bars, along with discotheques, will also be required to close down at midnight, said Le Anh Tuyen, director of the Legal Department at the Ministry of Culture and Information.

"The decree will definitely help reduce negative activities in karaoke bars and discotheques," he said.

Karaoke establishments and discos frequently facilitate prostitution and drug usage.

Friday's Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper quoted Phan An Sa, chief inspector at the Ministry of Culture and Information as saying authorities have discovered 600 people using the drug ecstasy and 60 women offering striptease dances to customers at karaoke bars and discos over the past nine months.

Karaoke was introduced into Vietnam in the late 1980s and mushroomed in the late 1990s, with more than 10,000 establishments licensed to operate in the country, Tuyen said.

Posted: 2/17/2006 11:51:28 AM EDT

[#1]

But if you take away the alcohol, no one will sing. Does this make sense?

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:11:28 PM EDT

[#2]

"Karaoke" is Japanese for "Obnoxious drunk fuq who thinks he can sing"

If they burned every karaoke machine in the world it would be a damn good start.

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:25:45 PM EDT

[#3]

I don’t know about Japan, but in China and Vietnam, Karaoke bars are just whorehouses.

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:34:39 PM EDT

[#4]

Ahhh... so they are really just trying to stop the whores from getting drunk?

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:48:05 PM EDT

[#5]

So you think you can get rid of prostitution in a 3rd world country by shutting down a few karaoke bars?

Idiots.

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:49:57 PM EDT

[#6]

there goes the neighborhood

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:52:37 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Ahhh... so they are really just trying to stop the whores from getting drunk?

Hell if I know, I didn’t see any of the “Hostesses” drinking.

Posted: 2/17/2006 12:55:14 PM EDT

[#8]

If they don't drink, how are they supposed to sing?

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:00:36 PM EDT

[#9]

.... funniest news story I've read in 2006....

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:01:35 PM EDT

[#10]

Who has the pic of Gary Coleman saying "Who the fuck cares?"
Not a dig at you FALARAK,just so you know.

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:03:19 PM EDT

[#11]

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:05:10 PM EDT

[#12]

Karaoke bars in Vietnam...
Been there... done that...

Primarily a source for picking up,
or to be picked up by prostitutes.

Especially in Hanoi and Saigon [HCMC].

AIDS cases are soaring in Vietnam, and
this is the enlightened Governments attempt
to keep the population from their "liquid courage".

Like prohabition in the 20s-30 in the USA,
it too will pass...

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:09:37 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I don’t know about Japan, but in China and Vietnam, Karaoke bars are just whorehouses.

Karaoke.....Bukake....Hmmm....

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:13:42 PM EDT

[#14]

All of the the sudden, siding up with Ho Chi Mihn doesn't seem like such a good call anymore.

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:32:24 PM EDT

[#15]

Karaoke establishments and discos frequently facilitate prostitution and drug usage.

It means no drinking in strip bars

Posted: 2/17/2006 1:33:35 PM EDT

[#16]

Well hell.

I guess I won't be partying in VietNam any time soon.

Posted: 2/17/2006 2:21:51 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
I don’t know about Japan, but in China and Vietnam, Karaoke bars are ~~just~~ mostly whorehouses.

+Taiwan, +Cambodia. At least with the modification in place.

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