On September 19, 2025, the Police Team, Department of Administrative Management of Social Order, Hanoi City Police coordinated with the police of communes and wards to conduct urban order inspections of stores and kiosks selling moon cakes on roads and streets in the wards of Bo De, Viet Hung, Phuc Loi and the communes of Gia Lam, Bat Trang, Thuan An...
Through an inspection on Ngo Xuan Quang Street (Gia Lam Commune, Hanoi City), the authorities discovered a moon cake kiosk on the sidewalk without the consent of the authorities. The working group has drawn up a record of administrative violations for the violation of illegally using sidewalks to display goods for sale, fined 2.5 million VND, and forced the violating facility to restore the original state of the sidewalk to ensure the travel needs of the people.
The basic establishments have strictly complied with urban order, signed a commitment not to encroach on sidewalks and roads for business, strictly complied with ensuring traffic safety and order, urban order.
According to Major Pham Minh Hung, the Order Police Team, Hanoi City Police, as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, many more Mid-Autumn Festival cake businesses have appeared to serve people. The Department of Administrative Management of Social Order has increased inspection and strictly handled violations, not to affect people's travel.
In the coming time, the Order Police Team will closely coordinate with the authorities and police of communes and wards in Hanoi to strengthen inspections, resolutely handle businesses selling moon cakes that intentionally violate and encroach on roads and sidewalks to ensure urban order, environmental sanitation, and urban aesthetics.
