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The Sa Pa city government urges tourists not to give money or buy products from street vendors. These children are being forced by their parents to sell products in the cold – Clip: VO TUAN
The Sa Pa (Lao Cai) city authority advises tourists not to give money or buy children’s products, but children from the highlands are still pushed onto the streets to sell goods in the cold.
After several days, the staff of the urban order inspection team, the Sa Pa Neighborhood People’s Committee (Sa Pa City, Lao Cai) played a loudspeaker asking tourists not to give money or buy goods from children. , many children in Sa Pa still suffer. parents push for a living.
At night in Sa Pa, cold rain, overcast mist, the temperature dropped to 2 degrees Celsius, the Mong children trembled as they followed the souvenir vendors.
Children carrying children, selling products in the cold to get the pity of tourists – Photo: VU TUAN
Mr. Ngoc Anh – Sa Pa’s urban order inspection team – said that when the task force asked, many people no longer allowed their children to continue selling, but in the city there was still a group specialized in attracting tourists. .
Consequently, the parents took the children to the village and then guarded a place, let the children carry the children to sell products to get the compassion of the tourists.
This group of children clings to tourists to buy goods. If one child sells products, four or five others will be surrounded. There was a group of guests surrounded, annoyed at running, chased up the hotel stairs.
“We have driven a lot, many times we took the children to the Social Protection Center, but in the morning they climbed the wall and escaped. I saw them selling on the street” – said Mr. Anh.
Tourists Tran Thinh, from Ho Chi Minh City to Sa Pa, said watching children earn a living in the cold couldn’t help.
“If I do charity, I can do charity in many places, many places, not just in a few cases like this. Their parents let them sell like this, I really feel like they are taking advantage of my kindness.” Mr Thinh said.
Thao Thi Di, 7, “borrowed” more children to facilitate sales – Photo: VU TUAN
Ms Hoang Thi Vuong, head of the Sa Pa City Department of Culture and Information, said that the city authorities have intervened to reduce the situation of attracting tourists for decades, but it is not really effective.
According to Ms. VuongNow the city government has implemented a long-term plan. In particular, the key point is to create the conditions for ethnic minorities themselves to have access to civilized economic practices.
“We are collecting the aspirations of each home. Households who want to sell goods, we will arrange locations, guide skills. Homes that want to develop brocade weaving, handicrafts, tourist services. … we build policies to support “- said Ms Vuong.
Tourists are “surrounded” by young street vendors – Photo: VO TUAN
This child was taken by his mother to the town of Sa Pa to sell merchandise, at midnight his mother collected it – Photo: VO TUAN
The group of children put the merchandise in the hands of the customers and demanded money – Photo: VO TUAN
The baby is only 4 years old, but can grab and crawl to sell merchandise. Photo taken at night 9-1 – Photo: VO TUAN
Group of tourists reluctant to buy goods to avoid being disturbed – Photo: VO TUAN
Two babies were taken by their mothers to sit in the park in the cold so that customers could buy products – Photo: VO TUAN
Among these are those who are the parents of the children. They are sitting warm for the children to use the cold rain to sell products – Photo: VO TUAN
