This photo taken on May 26, 2026, shows a man riding a motorbike on a street in Hanoi. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 26, 2026 shows (top) a woman using her phone while waiting for customers at a street food stall in Hanoi on December 5, 2025, and the same location (below) on May 26, 2026 shows a man riding a motorbike on a street. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

This photo taken on January 12, 2026, shows a man waiting for customers at a bakery in Hanoi. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

This photo taken on May 25, 2026, shows a baker (R) waiting for customers at a bakery in Hanoi. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

This photo taken on January 13, 2025, shows women selling fruit on the street in Hanoi. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 26, 2026 shows (top) a man selling flowers waiting for customers in Hanoi on March 23, 2026, and (below) the same location on May 26, 2026 where a woman is walking past the closed flower shop. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

This photo taken on May 26, 2026, shows a man driving a motorbike past a restaurant in Hanoi. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick

This photo taken on December 5, 2025, shows a woman using her phone while waiting for customers at a street food stall on a sidewalk in Hanoi. The pavements of Hanoi's wide boulevards and narrow lanes have long been clogged with bustling food stalls, weaving scooters, and crowds of coffee and beer drinkers sitting on low plastic stools. But the spontaneity that charmed tourists and supported street vendors in Vietnam's capital has subsided in recent months as authorities clamp down on illegal use of footpaths (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'VIETNAM-ECONOMY-FOOD-SOCIAL,FOCUS' by Tran Thi Minh Ha and Ty McCormick