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For decades, Hanoi's pavements have served not only as wallways but also as spaces for street vendors and small businesses.
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For decades, Hanoi's pavements have served not only as wallways but also as spaces for street vendors and small businesses.
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Now the city is stepping up efforts to reclaim pavements for
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pedestrians as part of a broader campaign to improve urban order and civility.
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To help us better understand both the importance of this effort and the challenges involved,
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we are now joined by Dr. To Kien,
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a senior planner and manager from 8 Japan Engineering Consultants.
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First of all, hello and thank you so much for joining us on Newsline today.
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In your view, what have sidewalks in Vietnamese cities traditionally represented?
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And why have repeated efforts to restore order struggled to deliver lasting results?
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Well, for decades, sidewalks in Vietnamese cities have been far more than just transport space.
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They are unique social and economic ecosystems,
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where street vendors, small shops,
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daily interactions, and lively street life creates the distinct energies upon Asian cities.
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This is most cultural identities and a major tourist appeal.
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So the real problem is that occupation has gone too far.
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Public space has been overly privatized by vendors,
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motorbike parking, narrow local interests,
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often taking away pedestrians' basic right to save movement,
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especially for the elderly, children and people with disabilities.
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So many cleanup campaigns have failed because there were mostly short-term breakouts,
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two manuals, lacking technology, lacking study enforcement,
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and the realistic livelihood alternatives.
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So the true challenge is not whether to remove or to preserve sidewalk life,
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but how to reorganize it more fairly and sustainably.
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Really interesting point of view.
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Hanoi has recently enforced sidewalk order more aggressively under Plan 322,
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creating clearer streets, but also causing livelihoods loss and spillover into alleys and reduced street character.
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So in your opinion, what would be a more balanced way,
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let's say, a path forward?
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Restoring sidewalk order is absolutely necessary.
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But since authorities are simply removing vendors without rebuilding livelihoods,
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Informed trades are quickly spilling into olives and leapt over tiny public spaces,
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creating new congestion, sanitation problems,
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and even greater fire evacuation risk.
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We can solve one group's survival needs by shifting the burden onto others.
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Hanoi should also avoid a one-size-fits-all approach because different districts serve different urban roles.
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In the old quarters, historic areas and tourist zones,
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once a minimum 1.5 to 2m pedestrian path is secured,
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some controlled street commerce including conditional sidewalk leasing can be allowed to preserve local characters.
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By contrast, non-tourism districts should focus more on safety, mobility and convenience.
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At the same time, the city needs to expand open or semi-sheltered pocket vendor areas that can be seen from the streets,
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time-based vending streets, and alternative business clusters such as Singapore-style hawker centers.
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So the right approach is smart zoning,
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not blanket removal, I think.
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I see.
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How do you assess Hanoi's pilot plan to lease sidewalks in selected qualified areas?
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What would you recommend to ensure the policy is both effective and sustainable?
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Experiences from Singapore, Seoul, or Tokyo shows that sidewalk business only works well when pedestrians rise come first,
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while commercial use remains a tightly controlled second layer.
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So Hanoi is moving in the right direction,
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I think, by limiting the leasing policy to wider sidewalks,
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keeping at least 1.5 meters for pedestrians and requiring neighborhood consensus.
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However, the current fees are still too low with these undervaluing public assets and simply turning informal occupations into cheap paid privileges.
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So, the key question is not just whether sidewalks can be leased,
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but who gets access and under what rules.
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Hanoi should adopt location-based pricing,
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transparent visitor options, short-term permits with regular review,
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review and prioritize small-scale livelihoods rather than mainly favoring shop-front owners.
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So if done well, it could mark a real shift from short-term crackdowns to modern,
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fair urban governance, I think.
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Right.
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Thank you so much, Dr. Tu Kien for joining us on Newsline today.
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Yes, and as Dr. Tu Kien just pointed out,
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clearing the sidewalk is not the only and simply the solution here.
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The important part here is to find a balance between public order,
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pedestrian rights and the livelihoods that have long depended on these spaces.
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Now across the capital, many business owners
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and residents are now adjusting to the city's stricter pavement regulations as cleaner
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and more organized streets gradually become part of daily life.
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More in the following story.
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Thanh Anh and his wife have been running a cafe on Lanong Street for about 10 years now.
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Until last year, the cafe still placed tables and chairs on the pavement outside for customers to sit and enjoy their coffee.
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Customers now have to either order and head upstairs or get their drinks to go.
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Customers who specifically prefer sitting downstairs will simply leave.
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I'm getting older now and there have been a lot of changes.
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So, of course, at first it felt unfamiliar and made running the business a bit difficult.
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But things will eventually fall into place.
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Everyone has to adapt.
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If you are on the streets of Hanoi,
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you will see yellow lines like these on the pavements.
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This side is for parking motorcycles and this side for pedestrians to walk on.
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The pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiếm Lake have truly returned to their intended purpose for pedestrians.
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The roads are no longer occupied by street vendors or any other form of business activity.
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Some came to Hanoi with his family for a visit and also noticed the change.
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It's absolutely wonderful.
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Clean and tidy compared to the last time I was here more than 30 years ago.
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It's at least 30 to 50 times cleaner.
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Urban civility has improved significantly and residents have proactively adapted to the changes.
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In the long run, people will clearly see a cleaner,
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more beautiful and more civilized city.
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A new habit in the way people use and treat pavements is gradually being rebuilt.
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Clearing the pavements is no longer just a short-term campaign.
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It is gradually bringing back the truly beautiful and peaceful image of the capital.

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In questa lezione, ci concentreremo sulla pratica di conversazione in inglese, esplorando il tema della riorganizzazione dei marciapiedi a Hanoi, in Vietnam. Attraverso la trascrizione di un'intervista, avrai l'opportunità di apprendere vocaboli e frasi chiave, nonché di ascoltare e replicare il tono e il ritmo di parlanti nativi. Utilizzeremo la tecnica del shadow speech per migliorare la nostra pronuncia e comprensione verbale.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Sidewalks - marciapiedi
  • Street vendors - venditori di strada
  • Urban order - ordine urbano
  • Public space - spazio pubblico
  • Livelihood - sostentamento
  • Controlled street commerce - commercio di strada controllato
  • Congestion - congestione
  • Smart zoning - zonizzazione intelligente

Consigli per la pratica

Quando pratichi la tua pronuncia usando la tecnica del shadow speak, è importante prestare attenzione alla velocità e al tono del parlante nel video. Inizia ripetendo frasi brevi e chiari, poi continua con frasi più lunghe. Concentrati sulla fluidità anziché sulla perfezione grammaticale; l'obiettivo è sentirti a tuo agio nell'imitare il ritmo e l'intonazione. Puoi anche registrarti mentre pratichi per ascoltare i tuoi progressi e apportare miglioramenti. Questo approccio ti aiuterà a diventare più sicuro e naturale nel parlare in inglese, facilitando la tua pratica di shadowing in inglese.

Infine, considera l'importanza del contesto. Comprendere argomenti come quello dei marciapiedi a Hanoi non solo espande il tuo vocabolario, ma offre anche spunti di riflessione su questioni sociali ed economiche, rendendo la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese ancora più coinvolgente.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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