Nguyen Tien Mai and a group of Pham Ngu Lao ward urban order collaborators face charges of extorting money from sidewalk vendors to overlook violations.
Street vending, food businesses, and illegal parking on sidewalks are common violations subject to fines ranging from 200,000 dong to three million dong.
The Government Inspectorate found that adjustments to construction permits in Hanoi were primarily issued after projects had already been built illegally.
