Case of Western customer buying 3 pineapples for 500 thousand: Street vendor said "misunderstanding"

Recently, a clip longer than 30 seconds recording the reaction of a foreign female tourist to a street vendor in Hanoi quickly became a topic of interest and comment from the majority.

According to the recorded video, the female tourist reacted quite harshly and angrily, even snatching the pineapple and throwing the peddler's merchandise to the ground.

The incident was recorded at the intersection of Hang Duong intersection with Hang Buom (Hoan Kiem district), attracting many people and tourists. Many people around who came to intervene were indignant when they learned that the street vendor "cheated" 500,000 VND for 3 pineapples. They asked the woman to return the money to the tourist.

However, this seller tried to explain that he sold 50,000 VND/pineapple. Customer bought 3 fruits, gave 500,000 VND bill and couldn't return it yet? Finally, the saleswoman also withdrew a 500,000 VND bill to return to the tourist and then drove away.

After being posted on social networks, this video received hundreds of thousands of views, shares and comments.

On the same day, leaders of Hoan Kiem District People's Committee said they had assigned relevant agencies to verify the incident.

Lieutenant Colonel Dinh Duc Hanh, Head of Hang Buom Ward Police, said the unit had received the information and sent officers to coordinate and summon the woman selling pineapples for clarification.

Recently in Hanoi, there have been continuous incidents of street vendors "cutting off" Western customers.

On March 24, on social networks, an image of a donut seller appeared on Hoan Kiem Lake selling three donuts for 100,000 VND to two foreign customers.

A Facebook account named Do Tuyen shared that a female street vendor "cheated" Western customers for 3 donuts for 100,000. At first, the customer did not agree and demanded to return it, but the woman struggled to leave. Finally, the customer bought 3 cakes for 50,000 VND.

As soon as they received the information, Hoan Kiem District Police identified the street vendor in the post as Ms. Dang Thi H. (born in 1981, Kien Xuong, Thai Binh) and invited her to work at the headquarters.

Here, Ms. H. admitted that the incident occurred the same morning in the area near Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square. Ms. H. realized her bad behavior and signed a commitment not to do it again. Hoan Kiem District Police have prepared a file to handle Ms. Dang Thi H. according to the law.

According to information in Dan Tri newspaper, Ms. H. was also fined 150,000 VND by the authorities for street vending. The authorities asked Ms. H. to commit not to sell street goods against regulations.

Not long ago, a street vendor on Thuy Khue street (Tay Ho district) was also accused of "cheating" Western customers 200,000 VND for small bags of apples.

Accordingly, on March 15, social networks spread a clip about a foreign tourist buying apples at a street vendor on Thuy Khue street, Tay Ho district (Hanoi), and was almost "cheated" for 200,000 VND. a small bag of apples.

Specifically, the clip recorded the scene of two Western tourists being invited to try apples by a woman selling fruit. Then, the tourist asked the woman selling fruit: "How much?" (How much does it cost? - Reporter)

Because he didn't understand English, the fruit seller just nodded, wrapped a small bag of apples and gave it to the tourist, and took a 200,000 VND bill from the foreign girl's hand.

Because the number of apples was small, the two tourists did not agree with the amount of 200,000 VND and asked the street vendor to return the change, but this person did not agree to return it.

After that, the street vendor was about to leave when the female tourist returned the bag of apples and kept saying: No, no (no, no).

The street vendor immediately panicked, picked up the mango and guava and asked, "Can I have more of this?". The Western female tourist shook her head and refused and said she wanted her original money back.

But the street vendor still decided to keep the 200,000 VND, causing a struggle between the two sides. Then, the street vendor put his hand in his pocket to find change.

Witnessing the story, a nearby male security guard approached and asked the seller: "How much is it, ma'am?".

"There's 50 thousand, I'm going to give him a little more" - the street vendor said.

"50 thousand to get this much? Don't do that, give them back the money" - the security guard said.

After that, the Ward Police determined that the seller had committed two violations including administrative violations in the field of price and urban order violations, and imposed a total fine of 150,000 VND.

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