Police in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have just started a new campaign to deal with encroachment on local pavements.
Police in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have just started a new campaign to deal with encroachment on local pavements.
Police officers on Tuesday morning came to many streets including Hang Dao, Hang Buom, Duong Thanh and Hang Dieu to ask road-side shops to remove their lean-to roofs, posters and sign boards from the pavements.
Speaking with the Nguoi Lao Dong (Workers Newspaper), vice chairman of Hoan Kiem District People's Committee, Pham Tuan Long said that this was not the first time local police carried out raid on pavement encroachment.
"But we're going to have stricter measures this time to curb the violations," Long stressed. "The pavements will soon be cleared out for the pedestrians only."
For the shop owners who didn't want to remove their roofs or sign boards, police would collect all the items to their trucks.
Police asked a shop to remove their lean-to roofs and sign boards
A shop owner on Duong Thanh Street was fined for failing to remove her stuff from the pavement.
A refrigerator was removed from the street pavement on Hang Luoc Street.
Many cars which were illegally parked along the streets were also taken to the police station.
A 23-year-old tourist was rescued after falling into a ravine while visiting Lung Cu, a popular tourist destination in the northern province of Tuyen...
HCM City plans to rebuild the Tan Thuan 1 and 2 bridges with wider carriageways and modern architecture to improve traffic flow and enhance the urban...
Police in Hung Yen Province on October 24 announced the prosecution of Pham Van Duong, 64, over alleged industrial property rights violations linked...
(Dan Tri) - A further 12 sets of martyrs' remains were found by the Ho Chi Minh City Command at Le Thi Rieng Park after more than 600 cubic metres of...
An American man fell into a coma and developed multiple organ failure after exercising and spending more than an hour in a sauna, but recovered after...
Four fishermen have been rescued after their boat sank off Mui Ne in Lam Dong Province, with all reported in stable condition, border guards said on...
