On the evening of 6/4, air quality in Hanoi continued to decline, with many monitoring stations recording unhealthy levels that could affect public health.
Hoang Van Thuc, head of the Environmental Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, has been arrested on allegations of receiving 35 billion VND during an automatic air quality monitoring project.
Suspects allegedly manipulated environmental pollution readings, either directly or remotely, altering "exceeding limits" data to appear "within permissible thresholds."
