After a series of Dan Tri articles reflecting on the open sale of wild birds at several locations in Hanoi , local authorities have taken action to deal with the illegal trade.
However, after a few days of silence, the trade of wild birds resumed. Traders traded more secretly to avoid the control of authorities.
The bird market recurs hidden in temporary tents along the road (Photo: Khoi Vu).
Dan Tri reporters spent many days recording and directly infiltrating bird selling points on Thang Long Boulevard, through Quoc Oai town, from Hoa Lac to the center of Hanoi.
Unlike before, the wild bird shops have retreated to operate discreetly, covered with tarpaulins, and always with their doors locked. When strangers appear, the vendors leave or quickly move into temporary shelters and lock their doors.
These temporary shelters are built quite solidly and tightly.
When regular customers come to buy, the traders will go into the temporary sheds to select the goods, then carefully pack the wild birds in black plastic bags. In addition, some traders "gather" wild birds at other locations, and when customers ask, they will send someone to pick up the goods.
This process is carried out carefully and discreetly, with the traders "looking before and after" before making a transaction with the customer.
Instead of cages for raising ducks, chickens, and birds on the street like before, now traders keep them in temporary tents with closed doors (Photo: Khoi Vu).
On the afternoon of December 10, the reporter approached a vendor at the market. When he expressed his desire to buy wild birds in large quantities to prepare a feast, this person leaned over to the reporter and firmly affirmed: "I sell wild birds, fish, everything! Here there are all kinds of birds, chickens, ducks, herons, storks, herons, and so on..."
"Egrets and herons cost from 300,000-550,000 VND/bird. Egrets cost about 150,000-250,000 VND/bird. Storks and small birds cost around 100,000 VND/bird...
Whatever you eat, you can call home and your husband will butcher it for you. If you eat it quickly, it won't be out of season. I guarantee the herons are still alive, but this one is a bit small, so I'll get it cheap. I'm determined to eat it quickly, otherwise I'll just leave. The police are very strict now, if you get caught, you'll be fined several million dong. I only make a profit of over 100,000 dong per bird," this person said.
This vendor also said that if you want to eat right away, you can wait 30 minutes for the goods to arrive, but if you want to buy a lot, you can leave your phone number for home delivery. Wild birds are gathered at another location, this camp only sells chickens and ducks.
"Just save the phone number, call if you need anything, we can deliver it to your door, we don't have live goods here to avoid being checked," the merchant said and did not forget to open his phone to show pictures of all kinds of wild birds.
Traders invite customers to eat wild birds caught by locals (Photo: Khoi Vu).
When the reporter suggested going to the house to see the fresh or frozen goods, this person was alert, immediately changed his attitude, and refused to sell.
Egrets and herons are cleaned by vendors and are waiting to be supplied to customers (Photo: Provided by the vendor).
A trader showed a reporter a photo of a white heron, priced from 300,000-700,000 VND/heron (Photo: Provided by the seller).
The chicken and duck cage area is always locked (Photo: Khoi Vu).
It is very difficult to access the inside of the temporary shed where chickens, ducks, etc. are kept (Photo: Khoi Vu).
When a male customer pulled over to the side of the road and asked to buy 3 storks, seeing that he was an acquaintance, this merchant quickly called home to prepare.
"If anyone asks, tell them to sit here and drink some water. I'm going back to get the bird," the vendor told the customer.
After less than 20 minutes, the woman rode her motorbike home and returned with a tightly tied plastic bag. Inside were three cleaned and roasted herons. She also said that to avoid detection by the authorities, the herons would have their beaks chopped off.
"If the beak is cut off, the police won't be able to recognize the bird to fine it. If you want to eat anything tomorrow, just call me, I have all kinds of birds," this person told the guest.
Wild birds have their beaks chopped off to fool authorities (Photo: Khoi Vu).
Wild birds are wrapped in discreet black plastic bags and then given to customers (Photo: Khoi Vu).
Sharing with reporters, a vendor here revealed that after the authorities took action, they signed a commitment not to sell goods in this area as well as not to sell wild birds.
This wild bird market is located in Ngoc My commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi.
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