World Food Policy Volume/Issue 2-2/3-1 Fall 2015/Spring 2016 | Page 70

Toward a Restricted Tolerance of Street Vending of Food in Hanoi Districts Communication of scientific knowledge Stakeholder dialogue Knowledge of economic and social contribution; and of objectives and constraints of each actor Perceptions of street vending (SV) Attitudes toward SV Actions toward SV Figure 1: Conceptual frame panel of street vendors, consumers, the heads of departments, and technical divisions dealing with agriculture and trade and included persons from market management boards, public security, the Department of Health, the Women’s Union, the People’s Committee of six different districts, as well as a panel of street vendors, along with the researchers involved in the study. In addition, in 2013, we documented one successful street vending model, in Kim Lien Ward in Dong Da District, by interviewing 16 consumers and 14 street vendors at this market. On the basis of the gathered information, we organized a stakeholder dialogue process at the district level. In 2013, after interchange with the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, we organized three meetings bringing together street vendors and the competent authorities, including the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, district and ward officials, residential group representatives, and consumers in three wards of Dong Da District (Phuong Mai, Trung Tu, and Lang Ha). The meetings took place on March 8, March 14, and March 19, respectively. The objective was to discuss the results and to replicate the support from the authorities who helped unofficial sellers by giving them the permission to sell produce on vacant pieces of land and along deadend streets. We found the street vendors themselves require support in the form of raising their awareness of environmental sanitation, traffic safety, food hygiene, and food safety. We held three training courses for street vendors in these wards, with the participation of local officials. The changes in street vendors’ behavior were assessed in these wards, which 70