Many opinions about handling flower vendors in Vinh City

Recently, in the areaVinh City, especially on Le Mao street, there are flower vendors on bicycles.

These people parked their vehicles on the sidewalk of Le Mao Street. Many passersby saw the beauty of the flower baskets and stopped to check-in, taking beautiful pictures in the late autumn weather.

Flower cars have become check-in spots on the sidewalk of Le Mao Street recently. Photo: CSCC

However, on the afternoon of November 14, the authorities of Le Mao ward, Vinh city, drew up a record and handled this flower selling point for violating traffic safety corridors and sidewalks.

Most opinions agree that selling flowers on the sidewalk has attracted many people to respond, because it creates a new beauty for the city. Those photos, when posted, have the value of promoting the beauty and hospitality of Vinh City, contributing to the development of tourism in the city, impressing friends and visitors from near and far.

On Facebook, NVT account said: "VJust saw the flower stalls beautifying the streets and then they were removed. We should remind them where to stand appropriately so they don't violate the law so they can sell and make a living while beautifying the streets.".

Raising the issue of whether to eliminate or encourage the activity, account D.H said,While Vinh City is spending a lot of money and effort to operate a walking street to attract tourists, taking photos of street flowers is banned. Is that appropriate? Meanwhile, many big cities allow...

Discussing this issue, the authorities of Le Mao Ward, Vinh City said: On the sidewalk of Le Mao Street, there are 2 households that regularly sell flowers, attracting a lot of customers every day. These people have actually violated the traffic safety corridor. Since the beginning of the month, the locality has reminded many times, but they still deliberately sell flowers on the sidewalk. On the afternoon of November 14, the ward had to make a record to handle according to regulations. After asking the flower sellers to sign a commitment, the locality returned the vehicles and flowers to the people.

Authorities handle flower shops on Le Mao Street on the afternoon of November 14. Photo: CSCC

“Le Mao Street is located in the center of Vinh City, where there are many important administrative agencies of the city, with a large number of vehicles every day. Therefore, stopping to sell flowers or take photos here will affect traffic such as congestion or collisions. In fact, there have been times when curious people crossed the one-way street, 4-5 cars stopped to take photos, causing traffic insecurity. Therefore, it is imperative to handle these households, otherwise there will be spontaneous households continuing to come to this location to sell flowers because they mistakenly think it is allowed, at that time the traffic situation and order will be uncontrollable”, Mr. Tran Xuan Hai - Vice Chairman of Le Mao Ward People's Committee emphasized.

Although doing business on the sidewalk is against the regulations, this model has created a new feature for Vinh City, has been responded by many people, and has contributed to the city's attraction in recent times. Therefore, many opinions say that the city needs to have a plan to select a number of streets and planning locations as flower selling and flower display points to both ensure security, order, and traffic, and create a new entertainment spot to serve people and tourists, develop tourism, especially at the end of the year, when Tet comes.