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02HANOI2845 | 2002-11-26 09:57 | 2011-08-25 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Hanoi

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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

    260957Z Nov 02

    2002HANOI02845 - UNCLASSIFIED

                               UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ2624

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    FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8195
    INFO AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
    ASEAN COLLECTIVE
    USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI

` `

    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 HANOI 002845

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958:  N/A
    TAGS: SOCI PGOV KHIV VM HIV AIDS TIP
    SUBJECT:  SEX AND THE CITY -- HANOI STYLE

    REF:  01 HANOI 735

    ¶1.  (U)  SUMMARY.  THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) AND
    GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) ADMIT THAT PROSTITUTION IS A
    MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY.  DISCOS, KARAOKE BARS,
    MASSAGE PARLORS, AND OTHER "FUN" LOCATIONS EVEN IN STAID
    HANOI INCREASINGLY OFFER PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL
                           UNCLASSIFIED

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    SEX SERVICES FOR SALE.  APART FROM LAMENTING THE PROBLEM,
    OFFICIALS APPEAR TO DO LITTLE TO REMEDY THIS SOCIAL EVIL --
    PARTLY DUE TO CORRUPTION BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY
    BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE SURE WHETHER THE PUBLIC WOULD RATHER
    CONTINUE TO ENJOY SUCH NEWFOUND FREEDOMS OR WELCOME A
    CLAMPDOWN AND RETURN TO "SOCIALIST MORALITY."
    UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF THE GROWING SEX
    INDUSTRY ARE NO JOKE, WITH HIV/AIDS INFECTIONS RISING
    STEADILY (ALTHOUGH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT THE
    LARGE MAJORITY OF INFECTIONS STEM FROM INTRAVENOUS DRUG
    USE).  TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RELATED TO PROSTITUTION ALSO
    REMAINS A SERIOUS ISSUE OF CONCERN TO THE GVN, ALTHOUGH MORE
    IN VIETNAM DUE TO THE EXPORT OF WOMEN THAN TO THE DOMESTIC
    MARKET (REFTEL).  THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT HANOI NIGHTLIFE
    AND SOCIETY INCREASINGLY RESEMBLE THE REST OF SOUTHEAST
    ASIAN CITIES -- ESPECIALLY HO CHI MINH CITY.   END SUMMARY.

    ¶2.  (U)  THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SEVENTH
    PLENUM OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) 9TH CONGRESS
    ON NOVEMBER 9 ADMITTED "URGENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS" THAT NEED TO
    BE ADDRESSED, NOTABLY "SOCIAL EVILS SUCH AS DRUG ADDICTION,
    PROSTITUTION, AND CRIME" AS WELL AS CORRUPTION.  SIMILARLY,
    PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI, IN OPENING REMARKS TO THE
    SECOND SESSION OF THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON NOVEMBER 12,
    REFERRED TO "URGENT SOCIAL ISSUES" AND POINTED IN PARTICULAR
    TO "DRUG ADDICTION, PROSTITUTION AND CRIME."   NEITHER ARE
    BRAND-NEW THEMES FOR SENIOR CPV AND GVN OFFICIALS, BUT THEIR
    PROMINENCE IN THESE KEYNOTE ADDRESSES -- AS WELL AS THE
    TOTAL ABSENCE OF PROPOSED SOLUTIONS -- REFLECT THE NOW "IN
    YOUR FACE," ENDEMIC NATURE OF THESE PROBLEMS IN THE VIETNAM
    OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
                           UNCLASSIFIED

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    ¶3.  (U)  HANOI HAS A REPUTATION OF BEING THE DOUR
    BUREAUCRATIC OLDER BROTHER OF THE MORE FLASHY HO CHI MINH
    CITY; THIS CHARACTERIZATION IS NOT FAR OFF THE MARK.  BUT
    OVER THE PAST DECADE, WITH RISING INCOMES, GROWING PERSONAL
    FREEDOMS, AND DIMINISHING PUBLIC SECURITY INTRUSIONS INTO
    PERSONAL LIVES, AT LEAST MANY HANOI RESIDENTS HAVE AGAIN --
    OR FOR THE FIRST TIME -- BEEN ABLE TO INDULGE IN RANGE OF
    SEXUAL LICENSE THAT WOULD MAKE HO CHI MINH AND HIS
    REVOLUTIONARY CONFRERES TURN OVER IN THEIR GRAVES.  (OR
    MAYBE NOT; RUMORS CONTINUE TO PERSIST ABOUT CPV GENERAL
    SECRETARY NONG DUC MANH BEING THE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF UNCLE

    SIPDIS
    HO AND ONE OF HIS SERVANTS.)

    ------------
    DISCO LIVES!
    ------------

    ¶4.  (U)  AT LEAST THREE DISCOS IN HANOI CATER TO THE WELL-
    HEELED TWENTY- AND THIRTY-SOMETHING VIETNAMESE OF HANOI;
    ALL, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SPORT ENGLISH NAMES:  "NEW
    CENTURY," "MAGIC MOO," AND "SPARK."  ANOTHER, "APOCALYPSE
    NOW," CATERS PRIMARILY TO A WESTERN CROWD BUT HAS A SIZEABLE
    AND APPARENTLY INCREASING PERCENTAGE OF LOCALS.  COGNAC --
    AT PRICES THAT IN THE COURSE OF AN EVENING COULD EASILY EAT
    UP THE ANNUAL PER CAPITA INCOME OF THE AVERAGE VIETNAMESE --
    AND BEER ARE THE BEVERAGES OF CHOICE.  CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
    HOLDS THAT "NEW CENTURY" IS ALSO A POPULAR SITE FOR DRUG
    PURCHASES AND EVEN USAGE, ESPECIALLY OF METHAMPHETAMINES.

    ¶5.  (U)  WHAT ALL THESE CLUBS HAVE IN COMMON ARE, UNUSUALLY
                           UNCLASSIFIED

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    FOR VIETNAM, LARGE NUMBERS OF UNACCOMPANIED YOUNG LADIES WHO
    ARE REMARKABLY FRIENDLY TO STRANGE MEN.  MANY, ESPECIALLY IN
    THE UPSCALE "NEW CENTURY," EVEN SPORT LONG, SLINKY EVENING
    GOWNS (WHICH MUST BE A TRICK TO WEAR WHEN ARRIVING BY
    MOTORCYCLE, AS VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE CLIENTELE DOES).  BASIC
    POLITENESS REQUIRES GENTLEMEN WHO DANCE WITH THEM TO BUY AT
    LEAST ONE DRINK PER DANCE; EVERYTHING FROM THERE ON OUT
    APPEARS NEGOTIABLE.  UNLIKE THE MIDNIGHT CURFEW THAT HAS HIT
    HO CHI MINH CITY'S DISCO SCENE IN RECENT YEARS, HANOI'S
    CLUBS STAY OPEN -- AND OFTEN STRANGELY FULL -- INTO THE
    EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK.

    -----------------
    SING, SING A SONG
    -----------------

    ¶6.  (U)  KARAOKE HAS EXPLODED ONTO THE HANOI SCENE WITH A
    VENGEANCE; THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF KARAOKE BARS --
    VIRTUALLY ALL PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED -- SCATTERED
    THROUGHOUT THE CITY.  THEY RANGE FROM LUXURY ESTABLISHMENTS
    AT THE DAEWOO AND FORTUNA HOTELS TO BARE MINIMUM HUTS ALONG
    THE ROAD TO THE AIRPORT AND ELSEWHERE.  THE MAIN ROAD NORTH
    OUT OF HANOI THROUGH ITS GIA LAM DISTRICT -- JUST ACROSS THE
    DOWNTOWN CITY BRIDGE SPANNING THE RED RIVER -- IS KNOWN BY

                           UNCLASSIFIED

                               UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ2625

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    FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8196
    INFO AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
    ASEAN COLLECTIVE
    USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI

    UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 HANOI 002845

    SIPDIS

    LOCALS AS "HONG KONG HANOI" DUE TO ITS HEAVY CONCENTRATION
    OF KARAOKE BARS AND OTHER "ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS."  MOST OF
    THESE KARAOKE BARS CARRY THE FULL RANGE OF SONGS, INCLUDING
    NOT ONLY VIETNAMESE FAVORITES BUT ALSO A SURPRISINGLY BROAD
    SELECTION OF ENGLISH, CHINESE, AND KOREAN TUNES.  (RANDOM
    SAMPLINGS SUGGEST THAT THE NUMBER OF HANOI RESIDENTS WHO
    KNOW "SEALED WITH A KISS" AND "UNCHAINED MELODY" IN ENGLISH
                           UNCLASSIFIED

    PAGE 02        HANOI  02845  02 OF 03  261022Z
    FAR OUTNUMBERS COUNTERPART GROUPS IN THE U.S.)  MOST KARAOKE
    OFFER AT LEAST ONE -- IN SOME CASES, DOZENS -- OF PRIVATE
    ROOMS FOR MORE DISCREET CROONING.

    ¶7.  (U)  PROBABLY BECAUSE SINGING CAN BE A LONELY BUSINESS,
    MANY KARAOKE BARS EMPLOY A STABLE OF USUALLY VERY GOOD-
    LOOKING "HOSTESSES," WHOSE SINGING ABILITIES VARY
    CONSIDERABLY.  VIETNAMESE CALL THIS KIND OF KARAOKE BARS
    "KARAOKE OM" -- CUDDLE KARAOKE.  THE HOSTESSES ARE GENEROUS
    WITH THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR OTHERWISE UNTALENTED RENDITIONS OF
    POPULAR TUNES, BUT ALSO WILLING -- NAY, EAGER -- TO KEEP THE
    MALE SINGERS WARM AGAINST THE CHILL OF AIR CONDITIONED ROOMS
    IN THE HANOI HEAT.  MOST, ACCORDING TO ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE,
    ARE ALSO QUITE WILLING TO GET OFF WORK EARLY TO GO ON TO
    OTHER NOCTURNAL ACTIVITIES, IN EXCHANGE FOR CERTAIN MONETARY
    COMPENSATIONS.

    -----------------------
    RELAX -- THE "THAI" WAY
    -----------------------

    ¶8.  (U)  A REAL BOON FOR HANOI RESIDENTS WITH BAD BACKS OR
    STIFF NECKS, INTER ALIA, HAS BEEN THE PROLIFERATION OVER THE
    PAST SEVERAL YEARS OF AT LEAST HUNDREDS OF MASSAGE CENTERS,
    OFTEN HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THEY OFFER "THAI-STYLE"
    MASSAGES.  (ODDLY, THE VIETNAMESE TERM "XOA BOP" IS
    GRADUALLY GIVING WAY IN THE LINGUA FRANCA AS WELL AS ON
    SIGNS TO A MORE VIET-ENGLISH "MASSAT" OR THE STRAIGHTFORWARD
    USE OF THE ENGLISH WORD.)  AN ASTONISHINGLY HIGH PERCENTAGE
    OF THESE MASSEUSES APPEAR TO BE ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADIES,
    MANY OF WHOM CLAIM TO BE FROM OUT OF TOWN.  (FOR SOME
                           UNCLASSIFIED

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    REASON, MANY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS SAIGON NATIVES; MAYBE
    THEY ARE.)  VIRTUALLY ALL APPARENTLY OFFER PRIVATE ROOMS,
    SOME WITH ATTACHED BATHS.  ONE NEW MULTI-STORY
    "ENTERTAINMENT CENTER," WHOSE ELABORATE STATUARY AND OTHER
    DECORATION HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED BY SOME OBSERVERS AS "CLASSIC
    BROTHEL STYLE," IS JUST A COUPLE OF DOORS DOWN THE STREET
    FROM THE US EMBASSY AND WAS REPORTEDLY BUILT AT A PRIVATE
    INVESTMENT OF SEVERAL MILLION US DOLLARS.  IT INCLUDES NOT
    ONLY SEVERAL FLOORS OF INDIVIDUAL MASSAGE ROOMS BUT ALSO
    SAUNAS, A SMALL SWIMMING POOL, SEVERAL RESTAURANTS, A BAR,
    AND A KARAOKE LOUNGE, AS WELL AS SOME OFFICES AND APARTMENTS
    NOW AVAILABLE FOR RENT.

    ¶9.  (U)  ACCORDING TO MANY HABITUS OF THE MASSAGE SCENE,
    THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS NOT THE MASSAGE ITSELF OR EVEN OF
    OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES ON THE PREMISES.  RATHER, THE
    ATTRACTION IS THE WILLINGNESS OF THE MASSEUSES TO "GO OUT"
    WITH THE CLIENT AFTERWARDS.  HOWEVER, SOME MANAGERS
    QUAINTLY PROMISE "HAPPY ENDING MASSAGES" TO WOULD-BE MALE
    CLIENTS AT THEIR MASSAGE CENTERS.

    ------------------
    REST FOR THE WEARY
    ------------------

    ¶10.  (U)  WHERE ARE ALL THESE NEWLY FORMED COUPLES HEADING?
    TO ONE OF THE SEEMINGLY UBIQUITOUS "NHA NGHI" -- REST HOUSES
    -- THAT DOT THE URBAN (AND MORE AND MORE, EVEN THE RURAL)
    LANDSCAPE.  AGAIN, MOST ARE SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS, PRIVATELY
    OWNED, AND ASK FEW QUESTIONS OF THEIR GUESTS, UNLIKE HOTELS
    AND GUESTHOUSES, WHICH USUALLY REQUIRE THE DEPOSIT OF A
                           UNCLASSIFIED

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    GOVERNMENT ID CARD AND/OR FOREIGN PASSPORT TO RENT A ROOM.
    MORE IMPORTANTLY, THESE "REST HOUSES" OFTEN OFFER ROOMS BY
    THE HOUR FOR THOSE QUICK NAPS -- OR TRYSTS.  AT ABOUT USD 7
    AN HOUR, THEY ARE NOT ONE OF THE BEST BARGAINS IN HANOI, BUT
    ARE NOT OUT OF THE RANGE OF THE LOCAL CLIENTELE.  SOME, BUT
    PROBABLY NOT EVEN MOST, OFFER YOUNG HOSTESSES OF THEIR OWN
    FOR OTHER SERVICES.

    ¶11.  (U)  ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE -- INCLUDING FROM THE USUALLY
    RELIABLE STAPLE OF POLOFFS EVERYWHERE, TAXI DRIVERS --
    INDICATE THAT THE COST OF SHORT-TIME SEXUAL SERVICES RANGE
    FROM 100,000 VIETNAMESE DONG (USD 7) UPWARD.  VIETNAMESE MEN
    CALL STEPPING OUT FOR ONE OF THESE EXTRAMARITAL LIAISONS
    "EATING PHO" (THE CLASSIC VIETNAMESE NOODLE SOUP), IN
    CONTRAST TO "EATING RICE" AT HOME.  AS IN OTHER ASIAN
    CULTURES, MANY HANOI MEN TEND TO GO OFF AND "EAT PHO" ALONG
    WITH THEIR BUDDIES, RATHER THAN ON THEIR OWN, OFTEN AFTER AN
    EVENING IN A BEER HALL AND/OR KARAOKE AND/OR MASSAGE.  WHILE
    OF COURSE MANY -- PERHAPS EVEN MOST -- HANOI MEN MAY NEVER
    ENGAGE IN THIS STILL ILLEGAL PASTIME, RANDOM SAMPLES SUGGEST
    THAT MANY MALES DO SO ABOUT ONCE A MONTH, AND THAT THE FIRST
    SEXUAL EXPERIENCE OF MOST HANOI MEN PROBABLY TAKES ONE OF
    THESE FORMS.

                           UNCLASSIFIED

                               UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ2627

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    FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
    TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8197
    INFO AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
    ASEAN COLLECTIVE
    USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI

    UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 HANOI 002845

    SIPDIS

    ----------------
    DOWN BY THE LAKE
    ----------------

    ¶12.  (U)  HANOI'S NUMEROUS SMALL LAKES, WHICH USUALLY HAVE
    ATTRACTIVE PARKS AROUND THEM, OFFER CHARMING LOCATIONS FOR
    BOTH PRO- AND NON-PRO SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.  THE LARGE LAKESIDE
                           UNCLASSIFIED

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    LENIN PARK FAIRLY TEEMS IN THE EVENING HOURS WITH YOUNG
    COUPLES SEEKING A PRIVATE SPOT FOR A BENCH -- OR IN THE
    BUSHES.  (DRUG USE HERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM; USED SYRINGES DOT
    THE PARK, AND THE BENCHES ARE FULL OF SLEEPING ADDICTS AT
    ALL HOURS.)  EXPAT FOLKLORE HAS IT THAT THIS PARK WAS A
    CENTER FOR FURTIVE HOMOSEXUAL ENCOUNTERS AS LONG AGO AS THE
    EARLY 1980S.  NOWADAYS, THE HOAN KIEM LAKE (LAKE OF THE
    RETURNED SWORD) -- THE SPIRITUAL IF NO LONGER PHYSICAL
    CENTER OF DOWNTOWN HANOI -- OFFERS AGGRESSIVELY FRIENDLY
    YOUNG MEN COURTING CLIENTS; EMBASSY ADVICE TO TRAVELERS IS
    TO STAY OUT OF THE PUBLIC TOILETS THERE UNLESS EXPLICITLY
    SEEKING AN ENCOUNTER OF ANOTHER KIND.

    ---------------------
    IT'S NO JOKE, HOWEVER
    ---------------------

    ¶13.  (U)  ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT IN THE OFFICIAL
    MEDIA, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS PREDICTED THAT THE NUMBER
    OF PEOPLE IN VIETNAM INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS WILL REACH
    200,000 BY 2005.  ALREADY, ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, 154,244
    PEOPLE ARE INFECTED, 23,605 CASES WITH FULL-BLOWN AIDS, AND
    20,089 ON THE VERGE OF DEATH.  THE NATIONAL AIDS STANDING
    BUREAU OFFICIALLY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED ONLY 56,495 HIV CARRIERS
    (13,000 OF WHOM WERE IDENTIFIED SO FAR IN 2002), AS WELL AS
    A TOTAL OF 4,649 DEATHS (1,096 IN 2002) AND 8,450 CURRENT
    AIDS PATIENTS, ACCORDING TO ANOTHER REPORT IN THE OFFICIAL
    MEDIA.  MOST GVN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT THE
    LARGE MAJORITY OF INFECTIONS STEM FROM INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE,
    ALTHOUGH SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT THIS TREND IS NOW
    SHIFTING IN FAVOR OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.  GVN
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    OFFICIALS HAVE NOTED PRIVATELY THAT HIV/AIDS INFECTION BY A
    PRISON INMATE IS SOMETIMES A FACTOR IN WINNING AN AMNESTY.

    ¶14.  (U)  AS NOTED IN REFTEL SUBMISSION TO THE ANNUAL ANTI-
    TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT, TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM
    REMAINS AN ISSUE OF CONCERN TO THE GVN AND OTHER OBSERVERS,
    INCLUDING THE USG.  HOWEVER, MOST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN
    APPEARS TO BE AIMED AT FOREIGN AUDIENCES, ALTHOUGH SOME
    TRAFFICKING FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF
    PROSTITUTION EXISTS.  ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ARE MORE LIKELY
    FACTORS TO INDUCE YOUNG WOMEN VOLUNTARILY INTO PROFESSIONAL
    OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL PROSTITUTION DOMESTICALLY, HOWEVER.
    WITHIN HANOI, THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE CHILD SEX
    PROSTITUTION SO ABHORRENT IN OTHER NEAR-BY COUNTRIES.

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    ¶15.  (U)  NO RELIABLE ESTIMATES EXIST ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
    ARE ENGAGED -- FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, FREE-LANCE, EMPLOYED --
    IN PROSTITUTION IN HANOI THESE DAYS, BUT THE NUMBERS APPEAR
    TO BE GROWING.  HANOI STILL (AS FAR AS EMBASSY KNOWS) HAS
    NOTHING LIKE DE FACTO BROTHELS OR BANGKOK-STYLE "MASSAGE
    PARLORS," BUT THE RANGE OF OTHER OPTIONS HAS DEVELOPED
    MARKEDLY AND IS CLEARLY MEETING SOME MARKET DEMANDS.  THE
    RESPONSE OF POLICE AND SECURITY OFFICIALS TO ALL OF THESE
    TRENDS APPEARS WEAK, EVEN INDIFFERENT.  THE CLEAR
    IMPLICATION IS THAT, AS ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,
    CORRUPTION IS EFFECTIVE IN KEEPING POLICE AWAY AND OFF OF
    THE BACKS OF THESE DEMIMONDE ENTREPRENEURS.  IT IS NO WONDER
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    THAT THE GVN AND CPV FEEL COMPELLED TO ADMIT THE GROWING
    PREVALENCE OF SOCIAL EVILS.  WHAT THEY MAY NOT YET HAVE A
    GOOD GAUGE FOR IS WHETHER THE HANOI PUBLIC WOULD RATHER
    THESE SOCIAL EVILS CONTINUE TO PROLIFERATE, OR WHETHER THEY
    WOULD PREFER AUTHORITIES MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS.  IT MAY BE
    THIS INDECISION THAT PREVENTS A MORE VIGOROUS OFFICIAL
    RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM OF PROSTITUTION IN HANOI AND
    ELSEWHERE IN VIETNAM.  THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT HANOI'S
    NIGHTLIFE AND SOCIETY INCREASINGLY RESEMBLE THOSE OF OTHER
    SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITIES -- ESPECIALLY HO CHI MINH CITY.
    BURGHARDT

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