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Dec 22, 2011

Sapa Vienam Market warts cause traffic congestion

At the base of the mountain resort of Thac Bac (Sapa Vietnam - Lao Cai) is dangerous corners of the national highway 4D, but the tent was up nearly 100 illegal shops do. The road narrows small crabs which had been encroached occur so often traffic jams.
Even the car horn loudly, the doctor driver screamed hoarse throat, tourists still calmly strolling the street or traded in the "stalls". "Market tourism" Silver Falls meeting from 7 to 18h daily. At the beginning, only about 5 to 7 tent shack selling drinks. When visitors to Silver Falls Far from the "grow" over a hundred booths. The "store" sold primarily brocade, plants, baked goods ... at Sapa.
On the day Saturday, Sunday market is quite crowded. Near the market, often has a large tourist passenger cars parked along the road so as to increase the danger of accidents and traffic jams. UK Hung (the Lai Chau) back and forth regularly work 4D highway pressing "Many times I was" stuck "in this area to vehicles an hour, missed out the work."
Mr. Nguyen Van Rinh, standing traffic safety in Sapa Vietnam map province said the province's traffic safety organizations have repeatedly dismantled tent, caring and transferred to local government management, but only next few days, "where it plays you." Due to geographical areas located in the outlying districts, the industry can not function should regularly monitor the roadway encroachment marketplace at Silver Falls not be resolved definitively.
Remove not finished, the local authorities turned to the "heat management". Some household business, said recently, a consistent "business" must be submitted to staff a sum of VND 80,000 / month. And collected by local people is surely not give up again and think about the "market" is considered "legal".
According to Nguyen Van Rinh, if the formation of a market is needed to serve the needs of tourists, the province should consider finding a reasonable surface located far from the highway, near the tourist area, and market places on the highway as is This is not acceptable. The province should assign responsibility to finalize the local marketplace conditions is wrong and resolutely remove all temporary make-shift tents to restore order and traffic safety on highways 4D.

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