For twenty years, people in Da Nang have been illegally farming fish in public waters, which has been damaging the environment. Finally, the local government closed these farms down to clean up the water... but did they punish those illegal fish farmers? 
Nope! Instead they helped the fish farmers to sell all their remaining stock to help them fund new ventures to replace the shut-down fish farms. See that on the corner...? They're government-run fish shops to let those farmers sell their remaining fish!
Nobody arrested, no fines, no punishments. Here's a thank-you note the posted on their local ward page thanking the local gov and sharing the news that they sold a lot of fish. The gov is also providing free advising and special loans to help them move forward!
This is how Vietnamese prefer to solve problems whenever we can. We aren't as scary and "authoritarian" as Western journalists and NGOs portray us. We do try to work together and avoid unnecessary conflict in our culture whenever we can!
*the fishing farmers posted
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