Vietnamese women arrested for prostitution on Sukhumvit Rd

Bangkok Post · Wassayos Ngamkham · 2026-10-31 09:59 UTC

Authorities have arrested seven Vietnamese women on charges of soliciting prostitution in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok and are preparing to deport them.

Authorities have arrested seven Vietnamese women on charges of soliciting prostitution in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok and are preparing to deport them.

The women, aged between 22 and 41, were apprehended on a stretch of Sukhumvit Road between Soi 4, also known as Soi Nana, and Soi 11 at around 8pm on Friday, Pol Col Yingyot Suwanno, chief of the Lumpini police station, said on Saturday.

The arrests followed complaints and reports circulating on social media that groups of foreign women were openly offering sexual services and persistently approaching passers-by, causing a public nuisance and damaging Thailand’s tourism image, he said.

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