Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 opens Facebook page for street vendors
TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 03/24/2017 15:00 GMT + 7
The Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 administration has turned a suggestion to having local street vendors meet their customers on the internet, rather than the sidewalks, into a reality.
While an ongoing campaign led by the district’s deputy chairman Doan Ngoc Hai is focused on reclaiming walking space for pedestrians, the vendors who once operated on the affected sidewalk areas have found themselves with no place to operate.
At a meeting on March 20, Tran Vinh Tuyen, deputy chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration, tasked District 1 authorities with indentifying a reasonable plan that would allow vendors to continue to earn a living without blocking the pavement.
The official suggested that there should be zoned areas for street peddlers, adding that seeking out ways for street vendors to harness the power of the internet should also be considered, according to Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper.
Just days after Tuyen put the idea forward, a Facebook page named “Am thuc Quan 1,” or District 1 Cuisine, was created, attracting curiosity from local users of the world’s largest social network.
Despite such curiosity, by Friday morning the page (
https://www.facebook.com/phohangrongsg) had only attracted 170 likes and very few posts and photos.
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