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Middle-class Vietnamese left out as developers push luxury condos

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Hanoi and HCMC now proportionately more expensive than Singapore and Tokyo

HO CHI MINH CITY — To get by in Vietnam’s crowded, bustling capital Hanoi, university employee Nguyen Bich Ha shares a room with her husband and two kids that is 16.5 square meters in size, little bigger than a parking space for a car.

She wishes that the four of them could have a home of their own instead of living in a room in her husband’s parents’ house. She and her husband depend on the in-laws for help taking their children to and from school but sometimes disagree with them on issues related to bringing up the kids and the timing of meals.

“There isn’t much privacy either since there are many shared living spaces,” said Ha, 36. “And since it’s their house, we can’t make decisions on decoration or changes around the house.

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Garbage piles up in Hanoi as people block road to dump

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Garbage piles up in Hanoi as people block road to dump
Uncollected garbage piles up on a street in an urban district of Hanoi, Vietnam, July 16, 2020. Photo: Chi Tue / Tuoi Tre

Hanoi ranked world’s seventh most polluted capital city in 2019

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By Nguyen Quy  VNExpress March 1, 2020 | 03:00 pm GMT+7

Hanoi ranked world's seventh most polluted capital city in 2019

Haze shrouds Hanoi sky over Pham Van Dong Street, Cau Giay District, in the morning of December 13, 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Gia Nghia.

Hanoi has become the world’s seventh most polluted capital city, even worse than Beijing, a new IQ AirVisual report says.

The city’s worsening air quality saw its average PM2.5 level last year rise to 46.9 micrograms per cubic meter of air from 40.8 in 2018, according to a report released this week by Switzerland-based air quality monitor, IQAir AirVisual.

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CDC issues travel notice for Vietnam due to dengue outbreak

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by Robert Herriman
August 27, 2017

Vietnam has reported a large increase in dengue fever cases in 2017. As of last week, more than 90,000 cases have been reported, including two dozen deaths. The case count is up more than 60 percent compared to last year.

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The most affected areas include: An Giang, Binh Duong, Danang, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Khanh Hoa, Soc Trang, and Tien Giang. Dengue is spread through mosquito bites and can cause symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, rash, and pain in the eyes, joints, and muscles. Tiếp tục đọc “CDC issues travel notice for Vietnam due to dengue outbreak” →

Travelling Hanoi at night

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Last update 17:06 | 19/04/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi at night is the most beautiful time. If you find it hard to sleep, step outside and listen to the night sound and see a Hanoi with a quiet and old look.

What are the destinations for tourists at night in Hanoi?

Go wherever you like, through familiar streets to see how quiet Hanoi is at night. Afterwards visit Hoan Kiem Lake and go along streets of the Old Quarter.

Besides Hoan Kiem lake and the Old Quarter, you can visit Ba Dinh square, West lake. Opera house, Ngo Quyen Street, Long Bien bridge, Quang Ba flower market, Long Bien night market, and many other places.

Shops serving food at night in Hanoi:

– Night shops near Dong Xuan market

– Beef noodle at 27 Hang Ngang street (from 3 pm to 5 am)

– Chicken noodle at intersection of Hang Bo and Luong Van Can (5 pm- 11 pm)

– Fish noodle in Hang Dau street (24/24 service)- sticky rice (5 am- 1 am next day)

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Hanoi needs long-term solutions for garbage collection

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In rural areas, garbage collection is done by self-managed units in hamlets and communes. Garbage is collected from residential quarters, gathered in certain places and then carried to the city’s concentrated treatment plants.Since there are not enough dumpers, garbage cannot be collected in the right way and the collection time is erratic. Garbage is often left in residential quarters. In most cases, garbage is only collected once every 2-3 days, or 10 days. The places where garbage are gathered are within residential quarters, but the rubbish is not covered in a hygienic way. Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi needs long-term solutions for garbage collection” →

Hope for Hanoi? New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use it

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A new $53m BRT (bus rapid transit) system has the power to reduce Hanoi’s dreadful air pollution. Persuading residents of Vietnam’s rapidly expanding capital to ditch their motorbikes and private cars, however, will be another story

Traffic jam in Hanoi
The swarm of motorbikes and cars is the main cause of Hanoi’s air pollution. Photograph: Linh Pham/Getty Images

Saturday 18 February 2017 05.58 EST

From his high-rise office building in Hanoi, Tran Dung can barely see his city’s skyline behind the thick layer of smog. Before leaving work, the 25-year-old executive assistant checks the pollution reading on his AirVisual app, which provides real-time measurements of PM2.5 – the tiny particles found in smog that can damage your throat and lungs.

Hanoi’s PM2.5 levels typically range from 100 to 200 micrograms per cubic metre – regularly within the globally acknowledged “unhealthy” category. But on 19 December last year, they hit “hazardous levels” at 343μg/m3, which was higher than Beijing. Tiếp tục đọc “Hope for Hanoi? New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use it” →