Kinh doanh quy mô nhỏ, chuyển đổi đô thị, và cơ cấu lại không gian trong thời kỳ hậu cải cách ở Việt Nam

Tóm tắt

In different historic times and places, public markets and other sites of small-scale trade have been sites of intense policing and regulation. The “appropriate” development of traditional marketplaces has been on the Vietnamese government's agenda since the early 2000s. In Hanoi, with private sector investment joining government funds, a number of long-standing public retail markets have since been demolished and rebuilt as     multi-story trade centers. After years of struggling for economic survival in temporary markets awaiting their relocation, small-scale market vendors now suffer the consequences of higher monthly fees, inadequate spatial conditions, and the lack and loss of customers. Drawing from a careful analysis of public debates in the media as well as from ethnographic research, this article examines the ways in which market vendors in Hanoi experience and dispute Vietnam’s current market policies designed to “civilize” the marketplace.