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Hanoi (VNA) - Authorities in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok ordered nearly 450 schools to close on January 22 as pollution reached dangerously unhealthy levels. Bangkok, the world's most visited city, saw levels of PM 2.5 particles at 78.3 pg/m3. A level above 35 is considered unhealthy by the World Health Organisation (WHO). PM 2.5 particles can include dust, soot and smoke and are so small they can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream. Bangkok's air quality index (AQI) on January 22 was 163, according to data from AirVisual. Anything above 150 is considered unhealthy. Like many growing Asian cities, Bangkok is plagued by vehicle fumes, dust from construction sites and emissions from industry but the burning of stubble and undergrowth in fields in surrounding rural areas is believed to contribute to much higher pollution levels in the dry, winter months. Last January, the city closed schools for a week because of pollution./. … [Read more...] about Nearly 450 schools in Thailand’s capital city shut due to air pollution

Da Nang is full of spring atmosphere. Every corner of the City is decorated colourfully. The spring flower street Flowers bloom in the flower street. The central coastal city is even more beautiful with colourful flowers. The streets are brightened with yellow apricot blossoms. A corner of the spring flower market in Da Nang Different kinds of flowers bloom in every street Visitors walking the flower streets. Students are eager to join the folklore festival at Phan Chau Trinh High School. Various activities were held at the school. Several students from New Zealand learning how to make banh chung (square glutinous cake). Han River in spring atmosphere The coastal city extends best wishes on the occasion of Tet Festival. … [Read more...] about Da Nang full of spring atmosphere

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will grow about 120,000 trees in districts, towns, public places, offices, schools and hospitals this spring in memory of President Ho Chi Minh. The tree planting festival will take place from January 30 to February 5 throughout the capital city. In 2020, the city plans to have up to 250,000 new trees.  Vietnamese people have a special tree planting festival in spring, which highlights the country’s traditional custom initiated by President Ho Chi Minh in the hope of greening up the country./. … [Read more...] about Hanoi to plant about 120,000 new trees this spring

Seeing off the workers, Nguyễn Văn Lợi, Bình Thước Province Party Committee secretary, wished the workers a happy new year and expressed his hope that they would return to work on time and contribute to the province’s development. … [Read more...] about Journeys of love take poor people home for Tết

In March, thousands of parents in Bắc Ninh Province took their children to the Hà Nội-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases and National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology for pork tapeworm tests after 57 children from Thanh Khương Kindergarten were diagnosed with parasites after eating pork supplied by Hương Thành Company. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s health sector in 2019: achievements and drawbacks