For decades, street vendors have been Bangkok’s heartbeat — feeding office workers, day labourers and night wanderers alike. The Bangkok Post has been listening to street vendors around the city, hearing stories that are etched into quiet daily routines yet echo in the nation’s larger narrative. Koi, 53, moves her cart selling Isaan sausages around the Luk Luang area in Dusit district of Bangkok. “If I don’t die first, I don’t know if the country will ever get better.”A vendor's gear parked in an alley near Yaowarat Road in Bangkok. Thai street vendors are among more than 20 million informal workers in the country.

Source: Bangkok Post February 28, 2026 07:02 UTC