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Street vendors which are a unique feature of the culture in Hanoi is the theme of an art exhibition which opened on September 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The virtual exhibition, entitled “Memory of ancient markets”, officially opened via the website and fanpage of National Archives Centre No.1 of the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam on April 25.

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.

Taking a stroll on streets across Hanoi, by only seeing flower or fruit vendors, people can learn that the iconic autumn has come to the capital city.

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.

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.

Lottery sellers and street vendors in Thailand have asked for government assistance and remedies for the disruptions they are suffering as a result of the State of Emergency.

Vietnamese pho has been named the world’s 20th best food experience by world travel guide book publisher the Lonely Planet.

During the last days of 2018, Hanoians experienced the coldest spell so far this winter as the temperature varied from only 10 to 14 degrees Celsius.

The capital city plans to install 1,000 vending machines by 2020 to make shopping more convenient for local consumers as well as foreign tourists.

Street vendors have grown along with Hanoi through hundreds of years. They have become a symbolic image of the thousands-year-old capital.

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.

Many roads and pavements in Ho Chi Minh City have again been encroached by illegal parking areas and street vendors after city authorities halted their campaign to clear the pavements four months ago.

Ambitious plans to establish designated areas for street vendors in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have yet to materialise, months after a “sidewalk clean-up” campaign fuelled debates over the future of street vendors.

Authorities in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City have issued an ultimatum, ordering all its districts to submit plans to the People’s Committee on getting rid of unplanned markets by July.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will hold Bangkok Street Food Festival in June.

It has been eight years since Ly Van Hap, a retired official, made use of his ancestors’ land and opened a wet market for poor vendors on T1 Street in HCM City’s Tan Phu District.

The image of vendors holding a set of Quang Ganh (consist of a bamboo pole and two baskets made from different materials like bamboo) or riding bicycles across the streets has become common in Hanoi.

Some public areas in Ho Chi Minh City have been assigned for street vendors, giving them a chance to do stable trade along sidewalks in the city.

As the country is integrating deeper into the world market, a number of street vendors who come to pursue their dream in cities might lose their jobs, experts have warned.