Provincial officials shut down Vietnamese nightclub in northeastern Laos
A Vietnamese-run night club featuring scantily-clothed pole dancers in the historic Viengxay caves in northeastern Laos has closed down a few days after its opening after it received a barrage of criticism on social media, a provincial official said.
The nightclub had a soft opening on 21 August in Houaphanh province, but quickly came under fire from Lao residents who blasted it on Facebook, and was closed by local authorities a few days later, said the director general of the province’s information, culture and tourism department who gave only his surname, Khemphone.
“We have suspended the nightclub’s operation for inspection to determine whether we will let the operator continue or stop,” he told RFA’s Lao Service.
