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Air quality in the capital city of Hanoi fell to dangerous levels in the first week of the New Year, particularly in inner city areas, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Various environmental incidents in 2019 have forced Vietnam’s people and Government to face a reckoning.

Hanoi is promptly taking actions to improve air quality which has been assessed as very low for the past two weeks, according to municipal authorities.

Experts have suggested passing a new law to help improve air quality in Hanoi.

Hanoi plans to set up more air quality monitoring stations in the face of worsening air pollution, according to local authorities.

Hanoi residents are worried about the bad air quality they have been experiencing in the city since the beginning of the year.

The air quality index (AQI) taken from 10 different air monitoring stations in Hanoi from February 11-12 showed air quality at a bad level, according to the Hanoi Environment Protection Sub-department.

The Live & Learn organization and the (USAID jointly held a conference in Hanoi on June 7 aiming to share solutions and mobilise actions to improve air quality in Hanoi.

Air quality in Hanoi has seen improvement in the first four months of the year, but not in all parts of the city.

Alarming pollution readings were recorded in the capital of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the previous year, heard a conference jointly held by the Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) and the Vietnam Live and Learn Centre for Environment and Community in Hanoi on January 30.