From delicious mangoes and fresh lemons to tropical guavas, peaches and peaches: Hanoi fruit comes loaded on bikes and is sold by street vendors who stroll every nook and cranny of the Vietnamese capital.
Fruit vendors, most of them women, start their day at 3 am, cycling to town, traveling up to 15 km to deliver fruit, vegetables and flowers to their customers.
Wearing the traditional conical hats, known as Non La, to protect them from the sun’s rays, women may earn up to $ 8 a day while wandering the alleys of Hanoi until late in the afternoon.
This hard work is worth it for many sellers, as wages in Vietnamese cities reach twice the wages – at least – in the countryside, and this is in a country with an average annual income of about $ 2,600, according to the World Bank.
However, fruit vendors have been affected by the “Covid-19” epidemic, despite the decrease in the number of cases in Vietnam; The country has recorded just over 2,500 cases and only 35 deaths.
Consequently, there were fewer people on the streets and vendors were not allowed to roam around with their wares for a short time after the virus first surfaced.
Last April, the government announced a $ 2.6 billion support package to help some 20 million poor and small businesses affected by the epidemic.