Why is a shock????? The prostitution is probably the oldest profession that exist in many cultures and countries every where around a globe. It's a major a major business in Thailand for many years. The only thing is that they are like a wild fire that spread all over Southeast Asia (Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia), simply because there's no jobs for everyone. LPDR government don't really care about its citizens and very soon they will sell their own children and grand children!!! I guess it's only a shock because they got caught RED handed!!!!
Moreover, if you really want to help improve and betterment of the citizen in Laos then invest in education, jobs, health care and everything else will fall into places. It's a shame to see these evil LPDR regime that really run the country down to the ground.... The poor are getting poorer and the corrupted party members are getting richer!!! Do you call this a modernize Laos???? I hope you can see be a witness that Laos soon will be just a minority group in its country. If and only if the citizens really want to change then the wave of change will take place otherwise it will be just a hope and dream!!! How can we learn from East & West Germany??? What about some other Eastern block countries that break out from USSR???? How can we work together to resolve these issues? It takes everyone of us in here to make a different and definitely more brains are better than one point of view!!!