Part 1: A look inside male brothels Part 2: Who are the clients of male brothels? So, the opportunity to visit these brothels is quite limited due to security measures, especially after police arrested two male prostitutes in a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City last month in one of the first such cases publicly announced by local media.
They have many regular clients who are mostly single, divorced women and even elderly women. All of the brothels are disguised as barber shops, spa and massage parlors, or make-up shops. A reception room has minimal facilities, such as a pillow, a mattress, a light, towels, a shelf to store gel tubes and condoms, and a fan. At a brothel deep down an alley off Truong Chinh Street in Tan Binh, the owner agreed to allow Tuoi Tre to have a brief look inside his facility.
After a man is selected, he follows his guest to the upper floor, which is divided into many small rooms of around six square meters in size. The rooms are in two categories - one with an air conditioner and the other with a fan. At another brothel down an alley on Vo Van Tan Street in District 3, men begin their work day by pm.
The sex workers there have strong bodies and attractive faces. Numerous men were either watching TV or playing cards. A woman around the age of 30, the owner, blamed one of the men for failing to alert her in advance before taking guests to her room. At the time she was lying with a sleeping man. However, she was later happy to explain many aspects of her brothel.
Pointing at a room with a locked door, she said there was a guest inside. She admitted she has around 16 men serving only gays. She pointed at a man sleeping on a mattress and said he had had a guest late the previous night.
