Need to manage beggars
(Baonghean) - It's not very pleasant when you step into a restaurant and see... beggars. And when you go to another restaurant, you see them again, especially the persistent haggling of beggars makes many people feel uncomfortable.
This image is not difficult to see, day or night on the streets, markets, shops... young, old, disabled. Not only the elderly, disabled... the situation of homeless beggars appearing in disguise is increasingly appearing in Vinh City such as using the pretext of selling goods on the street, shining shoes, selling lottery tickets, busking to ask for money from customers.
Ask sick children, old people with amputated legs who often crawl in crowded places such as traffic lights or markets. If there is no one behind them, they cannot easily move around, begging here and there. Besides those in difficult circumstances who have to rely on the generosity of the community, many people think that begging has become a profession, with "protection" behind it. It is worth mentioning that this phenomenon makes the urban appearance of Vinh City more shabby, but has not been closely managed by authorities at all levels.
"No beggars" is one of the five criteria that Da Nang has been striving for for many years. The city has set up a hotline and announced on mass media so that people who spot beggars can report them to the authorities for handling.
Each person who discovers and reports will be rewarded 200,000 VND. As a result, from 2005 to now, Da Nang has discovered and collected nearly 1,000 homeless beggars. Of these, about 40% were brought to the Da Nang Social Protection Center for management and care, while the rest were sent to their localities.
Da Nang's approach is also an experience for Vinh City to have measures to manage begging activities and strictly handle those who take advantage of disabled people to practice their profession for profit.
