Dust from the Nguyen Tuan road expansion project and De La Thanh road construction blankets homes, covers furniture, and forces commuters to slow down due to poor visibility.
14 craft villages, 68 large-scale construction projects, and nearly 30 straw burning areas have been identified by the National Remote Sensing Agency as Hanoi's air pollution hotspots.
Bac Hung Hai, once the largest irrigation system in the northern region, is proposed for investment to control water quality, reduce pollution, and develop an ecological urban system along its canals.
Air quality in Hanoi sharply declined on the morning of 27/1, as a weakening cold front created unfavorable meteorological conditions for dust dispersion.
