Don't let the night street become a drinking street

As Thanh Nien reported, on March 26, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Dung and his delegation worked with District 6 People's Committee on the project "Cho Lon Night Street associated with tourism development" in the district.

This project was submitted by the People's Committee of District 6 in early 2023, then the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with relevant departments and branches to provide comments for completion.

Cho Lon Night Street is organized on the sidewalks of 4 streets: Nguyen Huu Than, Thap Muoi, Le Tan Ke, Tran Binh with a total area of over 1,500 m2. The favorable point for organizing the night street is that the sidewalks of Thap Muoi and Nguyen Huu Than streets are 8 m wide, mostly businesses that only sell wholesale during the day and close at night. Due to the small number of households, organizing cultural activities will not affect the people.

Không để phố đêm trở thành phố nhậu- Ảnh 1. — The area in front of Binh Tay market (District 6, Ho Chi Minh City) is expected to organize a night street.

From April 2022, District 6 will test a small-scale night street model in front of Binh Tay Market. In addition to cuisine, this place also organizes many cultural and artistic activities on weekends.

Ms. Le Thi Thanh Thao, Chairwoman of District 6 People's Committee, said that Binh Tay market is bustling during the day but quiets down at 6pm. Seeing the wasted space, the locality came up with the idea of organizing a night market.

Before making the project, District 6 surveyed many night streets in districts in Ho Chi Minh City as well as studied successful models of countries in the region. The local goal is not only to attract visitors to eat and drink, sightsee the market but also to interact.

District 6 has also submitted to the Department of Culture and Sports a plan to display artistic lighting at Binh Tay market at night to create a highlight.

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Dung supports the policy of opening a night street in Binh Tay market area, and at the same time, requests District 6 to carefully evaluate it once more, paying attention to ensuring infrastructure such as electricity, water, parking, environmental sanitation, and food safety. The locality coordinates with the Department of Transport and the Department of Construction to unify the management and operation of the infrastructure system. In particular, the Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City requests that the city's night street not be used for drinking.

Go to the night market mainly to eat and drink.

For a long time, for many people, when hearing about night streets, they immediately think of drinking streets. Reader (BD) with nickname 86153 affirmed: "Why not drink in the night city? Not many people drink smoothies after 10pm!". BD Tuan Luong also said: "If there is no alcohol in the night streets, then let's see if anyone will join in?".

Agreeing, BĐ Ai Tran Van added evidence: "Looking at Thailand, the country that does tourism best in Southeast Asia, do they eat and drink at night? Thailand has just reduced alcohol taxes to promote tourism. Going to the night market is mainly for eating and drinking, what else do you go there for?"

"If we drink, it doesn't affect anyone! We pay for drinking, it's not free, it stimulates demand, and the government also collects taxes," added Real Estate Agent Son Nguyen. Real Estate Agent Hieuthuan Nguyen Chau was also frank: "What's wrong with drinking on the night streets? As long as we strictly follow the regulations on alcohol concentration and security and order, it's very good for people's lives and the budget."

Need more new and exciting activities

Meanwhile, many delegates strongly support Ho Chi Minh City in not allowing nightlife to be a drinking city. Tam Luong Hong, delegate of the city, emphasized: "Not allowing nightlife to be a drinking city is the right decision of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee."

Sharing the same opinion, BĐ Pin expressed: "The activities of many "night streets" today are nothing but eating and drinking, so there is a great need for more new models of activities to attract people to visit and experience". Agreeing, BĐ Hieu Duong said: "I went to some night markets in Taiwan, China and Thailand, and saw that their food stalls are very diverse, tourists and people mainly enjoy the food. Unlike many places in Vietnam, the number of people drinking beer at their night markets is very small, and they also drink very moderately, without seeing the type of drinking partying, the whole group shouting "go, go" which makes many people startled like in our country. Enjoying food and drinking are two different things".

"To prevent the night market from becoming a drinking town, it is necessary to research and invest in many rich, diverse and new activities. Abroad, I see many programs such as cooking classes, singing, dancing, practicing Tai Chi sword, folk games (and modern) with prizes, puppetry, magic, animal circus, acrobatics, calligraphy, portrait painting, water music, light music... In general, there are many activities to serve the audience and invite the audience to participate. Therefore, people really like to go to night markets and night streets. That place is not only a place to relax and entertain but also a place to participate in exchanges, make friends, and learn many things," Long Hai Real Estate Board commented.

It is recommended that Ho Chi Minh City have a channel to record "suggestions" on suitable activities in the night streets. Activities that have the city's own identity and character, and are also new and attractive are needed.

Hong Nhung

When the night market has many healthy, diverse, attractive and novel activities, drinking will naturally decrease.

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