Walking dogs, parking illegally, and teasing statues ruin the image of Nguyen Hue walking street.

I was really surprised by the reckless behavior of 'hitting a security guard on the head for being told not to bring dogs into Nguyen Hue walking street'. Can we keep the walking street civilized, not park cars haphazardly, and not bring dogs in?

Young people strolling and enjoying the cool breeze on Nguyen Hue walking street - Photo: WHITE CLOUDS

The incident happened on February 27 when a security guard named C. (58 years old) discovered a young man and a girl stopping their motorbike on Nguyen Hue Street (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City), entering the park area with an unmuzzled dog.

The two sides got into an argument and the young man grabbed a metal bar and hit Mr. C. hard in the head, causing him to bleed and pass out.

The walking street has a no-entry sign but many people still ignore it.

It is worth mentioning that Nguyen Hue walking street has a sign prohibiting pets from being walked or released, but some people still bring their pets in despite the rules.

Last night (February 26), I had an appointment with friends on this street after several months of not being there, but I still saw the familiar scene of security guards working hard to keep the walking street in order.

Walking from Bach Dang wharf, I observed that the crowd pouring into the walking street was still as crowded as usual.

On both sides of the street, many people still pull over their motorbikes to sit and enjoy the cool breeze, wait for friends or leave their motorbikes there and walk into the street.

Therefore, security guards have to constantly go back and forth, blowing their whistles, reminding people not to park their vehicles. Although there are motorbike parking spots, I don’t understand why many people don’t park their vehicles, but park right in the prohibited areas and even call out to each other.

Seeing the security guard constantly blowing his horn and giving reminders, I thought if only those parking people were more aware, there wouldn't be so much honking.

This is both tiring for the security guards and disturbing the street with the constant loud noises.

Many people observe the statue on the walking street, but some also touch and tease the statue - Photo: WHITE CLOUD

Poke the statue's side for fun

Not only that, in the walking street there are also young people making statues. They stand motionless in the pose of a statue for hours, it is an art form.

Others just stood a few meters away to look, take pictures, or put some money on the pedestal at the feet of the statue after taking pictures. But someone poked the side of one of the statues a few times with his hand, laughing and pointing. The statues still tried to stand still and endure the pain.

Some people touched the statue's clothes, or stood and took pictures leaning against the statue. Some people commented, curiously "what is that painted on?", "why is it standing like that?"...

Also on the evening of February 26, I saw two young people leading a poodle into the pedestrian area. The dog was not muzzled and was sniffing and growling, scaring people standing nearby.

Some other actions such as arbitrarily crossing the street in the wrong area for pedestrians also contribute to the bad image of the walking street.

Of course, there are many tourists and locals who come to the walking street and behave gently and politely, and the above unpleasant things are just a few.

Hopefully in such a civilized and modern space there will be no more chaos and lack of awareness, so that the warning sirens will not have to ring so often.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dan-cho-dau-xe-bua-bai-choc-gheo-nhan-tuong-lam-xau-hinh-anh-pho-di-bo-nguyen-hue-20250227162849719.htm