Prohibition of charging fees for people who encroach on sidewalks and streets to hold markets

(Baonghean.vn) -From May 10, Vinh City will launch a second phase of clearing sidewalks, roads, and illegal market places, and will also prohibit market management boards from collecting fees from street vendors.

Previously, on May 3, 2013, Vinh City People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 03/CD-UBND on strengthening the assurance of traffic safety and order in the city, requesting the Chairmen of the People's Committees of wards and communes to strengthen the state management of traffic safety and order, continue to effectively implement the contents of Directive No. 12-CT/TU dated January 9, 2013 of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, continue to implement Directive No. 05-CT/Th.U, direct the police at ward and commune levels and the urban order and rules team to coordinate with Vinh City Inspectorate to regularly carry out campaigns to clear violations of encroachment on traffic safety corridors, sidewalks, traffic works, markets, etc. causing traffic jams and obstructions.

Implementing the above direction, some wards and communes have mobilized to clear corridors, sidewalks, and markets encroaching on the roadway and curb. Some wards have done this well, such as: Truong Thi ward has cleared the Quan Lau market on Nguyen Trung Ngan street, Trung Do ward has cleared the spontaneous market under the power grid in block 1, Hung Phuc ward has cleared the flower, ornamental plant, and tombstone market on the west side of Le Nin street sidewalk, etc.

However, the situation of encroachment on traffic safety corridors to hold markets, do business, and display goods on sidewalks and roadsides of streets still occurs regularly and continuously, especially in the following areas: markets on Nguyen Si Sach Street; Ben Thuy Market (Ben Thuy Ward), Cua Bac Market (Hung Binh Ward), Hung Dung Market (Hung Dung Ward), Cau Market (Ha Huy Tap Ward), the west of Vinh Market (Hong Son Ward), spontaneous markets east of National Highway 1A in Nghi Kim area... It is worth mentioning that some members of the Market Management Board still collect fees from street vendors, encroach on the roadway and sidewalks, so the clearance work cannot be carried out as reported by the media.

To rectify the above situation, Vinh City continued to issue Official Dispatch No. 180/UBND-QLDT dated May 9, 2013, requesting: In the second phase of 2013, the traffic safety corridor will be cleared according to the city's direction from May 10 to 15, 2013. Ward and commune chairmen must pay special attention to clearing the encroachment of traffic safety corridors for market meetings, business, and display of goods on sidewalks and roadsides, and direct the Market Management Boards not to collect any money from businesses outside the market area.



The road area in front of Hung Dung market has been cleared.

The city also requires: After the clearance period, the wards and communes must report the results to the city and require the wards and communes to return the sidewalks and roads for traffic purposes. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Sinh - Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee said: The city also assigned the City Police and the City Urban Inspectorate to coordinate with the People's Committees of wards and communes in clearing traffic corridors, and will consider or discipline the Chairmen of the People's Committees of wards and communes if they do not strictly implement the above document.

According to our observations on the morning of May 10, 2013, many areas on the sidewalks and outside the market have been cleared, but there are still areas that have not been cleared, such as Cau Kenh Bac market, Mai Hac De street...

Mai Hac De street sidewalk still has many shops.



Cau Kenh Bac Market still has many vendors encroaching on the sidewalk.
(taken at 8am on May 10, 2013).

Thus, the work of clearing corridors and sidewalks, the story of "how hard it is to know and talk about over and over again" continues to be focused on and rectified by Vinh City. However, this work is certainly not simple if the City does not have a "long-term" plan, both in terms of human resources and material resources, or will it be a situation of "beating the drum and dropping the drumsticks" like the campaign carried out in 2012?

Lanzhou.