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Thick smog has caused air quality levels in Vietnam's capital Hanoi to hit hazardous levels. On Friday, the air quality index reached a score of 305. The thick smog is mostly caused by heavy ...

Hanoi's brief respite from air pollution brought by recent humid and drizzly weather has ended, with air quality readings returning to unhealthy levels on Friday.

But why does Hanoi have such high air pollution? This capital city is a hub of industrial production as well as heavy traffic, both of which contribute to high levels of smog. Hanoi also burns its ...

The Vietnamese capital Hanoi has taken the top spot for air pollution among global cities, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI) operated by leading air-quality technology company IQAir on ...

The World Health Organization has raised the alarm. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, has been struggling with dense smog for several weeks, which, on the morning of Friday, 3rd January, reached the ...

oxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling ... to see through a thick blanket of smog. Despite a string of ambitious ...

Hanoi, the bustling capital of Vietnam ... while Bangkok experienced record-breaking smog levels linked to vehicle emissions and industrial activity. The Vietnamese government has acknowledged ...

The carrier said flights from Bangkok to the north-western town of Mae Hong Son because smog was expected to make visibility ...