The sidewalks in the downtown area and the suburbs of HCM City are covered with traders. In the photo: The sidewalk of Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Tan Binh District is illegally used by shops along the road.

The sidewalk has become a lucrative space for many people.

The sidewalk in front of a restaurant on Nguyen Canh Chan Street in District 1 has become a parking lot.

Motorcycles and cars park on the pavement of Tran Quoc Hoan Road in Tan Binh District.

A fashion shop on CMT8 Road in District 3 fully occupies the sidewalk.

Nguyen Kiem Road in Go Vap, recognized as an exemplary road in HCM City.

The roads around the Tan Binh Market in Tan Binh District as Tan Xuan, Tan Lap, Tan Tho, Tan Tien ... seem to have no sidewalks.

The pavement of Pham Ngu Lao Street in Go Vap District also disappears.

The sidewalk of Pham Van Dong Street in Binh Thanh District.

Coal cookers on the pavement of CMT8 Road in District 10.

The pavement of Hoang Minh Giam Road in Phu Nhuan District is occupied by street vendors.

For years, many fruit shops have occupied the entire sidewalks of Nguyen Thai Son Road in Go Vap District, forcing pedestrians to step into the roadway.

Nguyen Trai Street in District 5.

A motorcycle repair shop on CMT8 Road.

A restaurant on 3/2 Road, District 10.

At noon, some restaurants even arrange tables on the roadway of Truong Dinh, Le Thanh Ton, Ly Tu Trong streets.

Pham Van Dong Street that runs through the districts of Go Vap, Binh Thanh, and Thu Duc was named the road of drinkers. In the late afternoon, the sidewalk is fully occupied by beer shops.

Bui Vien Street in District 1 at night.

A coffee shop on Le Thanh Ton Road, District 1 uses the pavement as its own space.