Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities this year continue to implement plans with the goal to have beggars and homeless people in general completely removed from public streets and into local shelters. 

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During the summer or the New Year holiday, the villages in Xuan Lanh commune of Dong Xuan district in the central province of Phu Yen become very quiet because most of the villagers leave their home to big cities to work as beggars.