The tourists did not turn them away but were shocked to be asked VND1 million (US$45). The two men threatened the tourists until they paid them the money. Thanh Nien found similar incidents occurring elsewhere in the city’s downtown. A Thanh Nien reporter managed to join the shoeshine group and found there were 15 men who had moved to the city from Thanh Hoa Province. Authorities have recorded more than 2,500 cases of hawkers and shoeshine boys hassling tourists, she said.

Source: Thanhnien News August 27, 2016 04:52 UTC