HCM City districts consider fixed areas for street vendors
Districts in HCM City are looking into setting up designated areas for food street vendors in an effort to ensure pandemic safety and order on the streets.
An area in Go Vap district where self-organised markets and street vendors are forbidden. Districts in HCM City are considering fixed spaces for street vendors to work. (Photo: sggp.org.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Districts in HCM City are looking into setting up designated areas for food street vendors in an effort to ensure pandemic safety and order on the streets.
Pham Thi Hien, a street vendor in District 7, told Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper that she and her husband had to stop selling food on the street due to the pandemic, and would like to resume the activity.
“I hope that district 7 and the city will soon come up with solutions to help us street vendors make a living.”
District 7 has asked the city to carry out a trial run of fixed, concentrated areas for street vendors to work to ensure food safety and social distancing, as well as order on the streets and street hygiene.
The trial run could play a big part in controlling self-organised street vendor activities, which take up street and pavement space.
Go Vap district is also cracking down on self-organised street vendors. Nguyen Ngoc Anh, deputy chairman of the district’s People’s Committee, said that local wards were monitoring and encouraging locals to officially register their selling activities.
The district was creating favourable conditions for street vendors. It was planning to renovate several streets in the district that have many street vendors, and allocate spaces for them to operate.
"Locals who do not register and take up vendor spaces on streets and pavements will be handled appropriately," he said.
District 6 is also working on providing fixed areas for street vendors, which will help the district monitor its pandemic situation.
Le Thi Thanh Thao, chairwoman of the district’s People’s Committee, said there would be two options: allocating designated street vendor spaces along certain streets, or setting up a night street food market for registered businesses, as well as an area where other street vendors can freely enter to sell their goods.
Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, deputy chief of the HCM City Traffic Safety Committee, told the newspaper that districts wanting to pilot spaces for street vendors must consider many factors such as traffic safety, urban order and hygiene.
💞 Many locals in HCM City make a living selling food along the streets. Their livelihood has been greatly affected by COVID-19 and social distancing orders, and currently they are among business activities not allowed to reopen, together with bars and karaoke parlours. The city has been making an effort to support these local vendors financially./.
HCM City authorities have announced plans to revamp 159 streets to create space for street food vendors there following a successful three-month trial of street vendor “markets” on Nguyen Van Chiem street and Bach Tung Diep Park in District 1.
Street vendors will be allowed to use sections of roads and pavements if they receive permission and pay fees for their business activities under a HCM City draft decision on road and pavement management.
Many traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City are paying more attention to COVID-19 prevention, but some small traders and local residents are not taking necessary precautions.
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An area in Go Vap district where self-organised markets and street vendors are forbidden. Districts in HCM City are considering fixed spaces for street vendors to work. (Photo: sggp.org.vn) 
