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Sidewalk Cleanup
I hate market bargaining: the sellers always win

I hate market bargaining: the sellers always win

Efforts to attach tourism values ​​to wet markets to attract more customers only shows that they are struggling.
8 reasons why renting out sidewalks in HCMC is not a practical plan

8 reasons why renting out sidewalks in HCMC is not a practical plan

HCMC should privatize sidewalk management: urban expert

HCMC should privatize sidewalk management: urban expert

HCMC to shut all sidewalk parking lots pending evaluation

HCMC to shut all sidewalk parking lots pending evaluation

Captain Sidewalk's pending resignation letter mentions million-dollar interests in the sidewalks backed by some officials.
January 11, 2018 | 08:18 pm PT
HCMC to allow businesses to use sidewalks if they manage them in return: official

HCMC to allow businesses to use sidewalks if they manage them in return: official

The city's vice chairman said the new scheme will be 'fairer and more practical'.
January 10, 2018 | 03:10 am PT
Saigon’s Captain Sidewalk steps down after cleanup campaign fails

Saigon’s Captain Sidewalk steps down after cleanup campaign fails

In his resignation letter, Doan Ngoc Hai said his campaign collided with businesses that had million-dollar interests on the sidewalks.
January 8, 2018 | 03:13 am PT
Chaos returns to Saigon's sidewalks as cleanup campaign loses bite

Chaos returns to Saigon's sidewalks as cleanup campaign loses bite

Cars and eateries are back two months after the man spearheading the cleanup campaign was asked to step aside.
December 20, 2017 | 07:38 pm PT
Street barber eats humble pie for threatening to kill Saigon's Captain Sidewalk

Street barber eats humble pie for threatening to kill Saigon's Captain Sidewalk

The disgruntled man says he was resentful of a cleanup campaign that exacted a heavy toll on his fellow street vendors.
December 8, 2017 | 09:04 pm PT
More street food zones in the making for downtown Saigon

More street food zones in the making for downtown Saigon

Business has been booming at the first two zones, which were set up following the city's sidewalk purge.
November 21, 2017 | 01:43 am PT
Are you Team Captain Sidewalk or Team New Task Force in Saigon's sidewalk battle?

Are you Team Captain Sidewalk or Team New Task Force in Saigon's sidewalk battle?

Captain Sidewalk has garnered widespread support for his no nonsense cleanup campaign, but a city leader has called it 'inhumane'.
November 16, 2017 | 11:24 pm PT
Saigon leader accuses sidewalk cleanup campaign of being ‘inhumane’

Saigon leader accuses sidewalk cleanup campaign of being ‘inhumane’

The city's chairman thinks a more subtle approach is necessary rather than kicking poor vendors off the sidewalks.
November 15, 2017 | 11:34 pm PT
More red tape could make you see less of Captain Sidewalk on Saigon streets

More red tape could make you see less of Captain Sidewalk on Saigon streets

District 1 has set up a new task force whose action is contingent on complaints, essentially undercutting Captain Sidewalk's authority.
October 14, 2017 | 04:00 am PT
Video captures Vietnamese cop kicking, throwing vendors’ trays during market cleanup

Video captures Vietnamese cop kicking, throwing vendors’ trays during market cleanup

‘I know what I did was wrong but the officer was so rude,’ said one vendor whose fish basin was kicked off the sidewalk.
October 4, 2017 | 07:38 pm PT
Saigon apologizes for Captain Sidewalk's urban snobbery

Saigon apologizes for Captain Sidewalk's urban snobbery

Doan Ngoc Hai asked drivers in the city to follow the rules or go and live in U Minh, a poor rural community 250 miles away.
September 28, 2017 | 03:27 am PT
Captain Sidewalk told to tread carefully around diplomatic cars as cleanup campaign continues

Captain Sidewalk told to tread carefully around diplomatic cars as cleanup campaign continues

Doan Ngoc Hai showed a rare moment of leniency on Thursday and simply issued a warning to the driver of a diplomatic car.
September 21, 2017 | 07:54 pm PT
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