The administration of Nha Trang on Wednesday took the wraps off an ambitious plan to make the famous Vietnamese resort town a “beggar-free” city in the next five years.
The plan targets to make Nha Trang, renowned globally for its beautiful beaches, free of beggars to ensure a friendly tourism environment by 2020.
A new force will be formed to detect and handle street beggars to clear Nha Trang of panhandlers in the 2015-25 period, according to the under the VND7.7 billion (US$343,750) campaign.
The specialized force will run frequent patrols, particularly to local historical sites, attractions, bus stations and harbors, as well as receiving tip-off from locals, to catch beggars.
The panhandlers will either be sent to social protection center or vocational training schools, according to the plan. Those who remain in labor age or hailing from other provinces will be asked to return to their hometowns.
The plan also seeks to have no Nha Trang residents earning their livelihood by begging by 2020.
The ambitious plan came after Nha Trang authorities have failed to completely sweep beggars off streets in the 2010-15 period.
Authorities did handle nearly 1,000 cases of beggars, most of whom hailed from other localities. But the phenomenon is never completely resolved due to a lack of strict sanctions, the city’s administration admitted.
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