1.   These companies are closing many outlets and converting them into second-hand book stores or karaoke sing-along parlors.

2.   Many karaoke parlors are used as fronts for prostitution.

3.   Many Vietnamese cinemas have recently been turned into discotheques and karaoke parlors because of a sharp drop in customers.

4.   Off-hours leisure tends toward group drinking sessions, and numerous bars and karaoke parlors cater to Thai customers with staff who speak Thai.

5.   Press reports said a running conflict between Liu and unlicensed karaoke parlors and other entertainment outlets that he had sought to close down was being investigated.

6.   Taiwanese businessmen rub cheeks, and sometimes more, with local women in gaudy karaoke parlors.

7.   The nightlife mostly consists of bars, a handful of pricey nightclubs and plenty of karaoke parlors.

8.   Vietnamese authorities have raided nightclubs and karaoke parlors in recent months in a crackdown on prostitution and drugs such as ecstasy and methamphetamine.