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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
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