Thread: Ho Chi Minh City starts public urination crackdown

Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 has fined 29 people for urinating in public this month in the latest crackdown on a range of violations that "affect the city’s image," Thanh Nien News reported.

Phan Trong Hung, an official of District 1’s Urban Management Division, said most of the violators apologized and promised not to repeat their act.

Those who committed the act for the first time were fined VND200,000 (US$9) and ordered to clean the spots they had urinated on with water, he said.

Anyone who repeat their act will be fined VND300,000 ($13.40), as stated in a government decree. The decree was introduced in 2013, but public urination bans are not strictly enforced in most of the country.

Ho Chi Minh City seems determined this time. After signing the tickets, violators are required to come to the city’s State Treasury to pay the fine within 10 days. If they fail to do so, the district government will inform authorities of the places they are based in of their violation.

If they still refuse to pay, enforcement measures will be applied, including the seizure of property or deduction of salary. In serious cases, offenders can have their faces and names publicized.

Public urination is quite common in the city, and across Vietnam, where there is a fundamental lack of public toilets.

There are more than 200 public toilets in the city, many of which fail to meet required hygiene standards, and many residents tend to choose to either restrain themselves or simply sneak behind a tree, a wall or a bus to relieve themselves.

Ho Chi Minh City starts public urination crackdown - Thai PBS English News

Their tourism drive must have targeted Chinese

are they taking the piss?

It pisses me off, that smell, but seriously, if they want people not to piss everywhere they need to build some public facilities.

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Do you really think building public facilities will stop them? Don't think so. Thais are the same and the men will piss anywhere, anytime. Whenever I go to the Udon bus station, I will never get out of the car since the entire place smells like piss and they have public facilities Cujo..

Same in Korea...And I always find it amusing to see the cleaning ladies in the public malls mopping under your feet as you piss at the urinal...Bet they're gagging to see some healthy white dick...Heh...

Bangkok taxi drivers piss anywhere, in fact it's hard to go a day without seeing one pissing or doing up his flies,

I seen some filthy toe rag pissing into phone box on Silom.

Main Business district of Bangkok and the cock is out spraying everywhere. Coont.

At least the Tuk Tuk Boys and Taxi tossers find a tree.

^ Now there's a concept, terry...We were wondering what to do with those old phonebooths...Turns out, Somchai's got it sorted...

It's a case of "Outside Pissing In," as thegent was fond of doing...So, in fairness, he should get credit for that one...

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The local Government are in the process of removing all the disconnected Phone booths in Bangkok.

Somchai will just piss on the wall after that.

Maybe the walls will go next...Heh...

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Taxi Somchai has a special flower wall where they piss into.

It's turned into fookin full on Jungle.

Hopefully they'll start up an 'anti-spitting' campaign next year. Makes me wanna up-chuck my Ban Mi.

Originally Posted by misskit

where there is a fundamental lack of public toilets.

I think they need to do something about this first....

A good few toilets at beer gardens or gogo bars are disgraceful

Cheap Charlie's around 2007/8, I had my new camera and was taking pics of any old crap






That was actually on a ajarnforum night out

Ho Chi Minh City plans ‘5-star’ public toilets



Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 is planning to build a series of public toilets of high standard to serve local people and tourists after launching a crackdown on public urination, Thanh Nien News reported.

Doan Ngoc Hai, deputy chairman of District 1 People’s Committee, said the new toilets will be fully equipped, air-conditioned and have separate entrances for disabled people. And the most important thing, they are for free.

He said the plan would be implemented this year and the district authorities will attract private investment.

The district will also encourage hotels, restaurants and coffee shops to hang signs allowing local people and tourists to use their restrooms for free if necessary, according to Hai.

A lack of public toilets has been a much talked about topic among HCMC tourists. There are more than 200 public toilets in the city, many of which fail to meet required hygiene standards. District 1 currently has around 30 public toilets.


Ho Chi Minh City plans '5-star' public toilets - Thai PBS English News

^How can that guy piss properly without his crutch?

Who's the white guy?

offenders can have their feces and names publicized.