Yahoo! News - Beach City Offers $13 Beggar BountyBeach City Offers $13 Beggar Bounty
Fri Feb 14,10:37 AM ET
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's China Beach, which gained fame as the playground for U.S. servicemen during the Vietnam War, is offering $13 to anyone who turns in a beggar.
"This is our latest effort to clean up the cultural environment of the city," an official from the Danang People's Committee, or the local government, told Reuters on Friday.
He said the beggars would be sent back to their home towns or put in vocational centers. The drive was launched on Wednesday, he added.
China Beach is located in the city of Danang, which is 700 km (435 miles) south of Hanoi.
The beach city received nearly 660,000 visitors last year, up 16 percent from 2001.
The beggar bounty of 200,000 dong is a considerable sum of money for the residents. A third of Vietnam's 80 million people live in poverty, and the country's average annual per capita income is around $400.
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