Hanoi Vietnam Becomes The World's Most Polluting City, The Transition To Electric Vehicles Is Speeded

JAKARTA - Hanoi became the world's most police city based on AirVisual's latest data. The capital city of Vietnam has been shrouded in thick smoke over the past few weeks.

AirVisual placed Hanoi after finding a dangerous small particle level, known as PM2.5, measured at 266 micrograms per cubic meter in Hanoi on Friday, January 3 this morning.

Hanoi is indeed one of the regions in Southeast Asia that is the center of regional manufacturing with a rapidly growing economic level in Asia.

The thick fog in Hanoi was mostly caused by industrial activity, heavy traffic and burning of garbage.

"We elderly people can feel it very clearly when we suffer from respiratory problems which cause difficulty breathing," said Luu Minh Duc, a 64-year-old resident of Hanoi to Reuters.

"The situation seems to be getting worse lately," he continued.

Speaking at a meeting with the Ministry of Transportation on Thursday January 2, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister, Tran Hong Ha called for the acceleration of the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) as part of efforts to reduce pollution in his country, especially Hanoi.

So far Hanoi has a target for at least 50 percent of buses and 100 percent of taxis to be electricity-based by 2030.

"This is the responsibility of the state to the people, and there must be specific and timely actions," Ha said, quoted by the Tien Phong newspaper.