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Hanoi to launch 5,000 public electric bicycles to tackle worsening air pollution

Hanoi to launch 5,000 public electric bicycles to tackle worsening air pollution

In a move to reduce air pollution and promote green mobility, Hanoi has approved a plan to deploy 5,000 public electric bicycles, alongside restrictions on petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles in the city’s central area.
Hanoi targets clean air on 80% of days

Hanoi targets clean air on 80% of days

Hanoi’s first public e-bikes offer a smooth ride but come with a few drawbacks

Hanoi’s first public e-bikes offer a smooth ride but come with a few drawbacks

Ho Chi Minh City ranks among world's 10 most polluted cities as air quality hits unhealthy levels Saturday

Ho Chi Minh City ranks among world's 10 most polluted cities as air quality hits unhealthy levels Saturday

Ho Chi Minh City repeatedly ranked among the world’s 10 most polluted cities on Saturday, as thick haze blanketed large parts of the city and air quality reached levels considered unhealthy for the general population.
December 13, 2025 | 03:30 am PT
Hanoi ban sparks concern over lack of land for EV charging stations, parking gasoline motorbikes

Hanoi ban sparks concern over lack of land for EV charging stations, parking gasoline motorbikes

The lack of parking space for hundreds of thousands of gasoline motorbikes entering Ring Road 1 in Hanoi downtown and for electric vehicle charging stations is a huge hurdle to the city's plans to restrict the former.
December 12, 2025 | 07:20 pm PT
From factories to trash fires: What are poisoning Hanoi's air

From factories to trash fires: What are poisoning Hanoi's air

Air pollution in Hanoi is driven not only by winter temperature inversions but also by dense traffic, nonstop construction, spontaneous trash burning and industrial emissions.
December 12, 2025 | 02:59 pm PT
Choking smog drives Hanoi families to flee the city for clean air

Choking smog drives Hanoi families to flee the city for clean air

When his three-year-old daughter began developing skin rashes and he started losing sleep due to recurring sinus problems, Huy decided he could no longer endure Hanoi’s worsening air pollution.
December 12, 2025 | 12:20 am PT
Hanoi's air quality plummets in worst pollution wave of winter

Hanoi's air quality plummets in worst pollution wave of winter

Hanoi woke up on Dec. 11 to its most severe pollution episode of the winter, as monitoring stations across the capital reported AQI levels above 220, a range considered "very unhealthy" for the general population.
December 10, 2025 | 09:39 pm PT
Hanoi prepares charging stations, subsidies before restricting gasoline motorbikes in 2026

Hanoi prepares charging stations, subsidies before restricting gasoline motorbikes in 2026

Hanoi is rolling out a plan for its coming restrictions on gasoline motorbikes, drafting major subsidies, charging-station networks and public transport upgrades to help millions of residents shift to electric motorbikes.
December 10, 2025 | 02:57 pm PT
Why is Hanoi's air pollution worse than Ho Chi Minh City's, despite fewer vehicles?

Why is Hanoi's air pollution worse than Ho Chi Minh City's, despite fewer vehicles?

The air pollution in Hanoi follows a predictable, seasonal pattern, like it's returning on schedule each year.
December 8, 2025 | 05:08 pm PT
Daily struggle of outdoor workers in Hanoi's 'very unhealthy' air

Daily struggle of outdoor workers in Hanoi's 'very unhealthy' air

For nearly a week 51-year-old Nguyen Thi Hien has worked nonstop in toxic air, leaving her with a persistent cough, fatigue and shortness of breath.
December 7, 2025 | 08:48 pm PT
The alarming indifference as Hanoi ranked world's 5th most polluted city

The alarming indifference as Hanoi ranked world's 5th most polluted city

Many people still burn trash, ride old motorbikes, and use charcoal stoves, and they treat Hanoi's air pollution as someone else's problem.
December 5, 2025 | 05:17 pm PT
Hanoi chokes under weeklong air pollution

Hanoi chokes under weeklong air pollution

Persistent fine dust has blanketed Hanoi for nearly a week, pushing air quality to unhealthy levels and severely impacting residents' daily routines and city travel.
December 3, 2025 | 03:00 pm PT
Hanoi’s gasoline motorbike ban: ‘major surgery’ for transport system to give residents cleaner air

Hanoi’s gasoline motorbike ban: ‘major surgery’ for transport system to give residents cleaner air

I do not like the inconvenience of giving up my gasoline motorbike, but if we do not act now, our descendants will pay a high price later.
November 30, 2025 | 08:35 pm PT
Hanoi wakes up to toxic air as real-time monitoring portal goes offline

Hanoi wakes up to toxic air as real-time monitoring portal goes offline

Hanoi was blanketed in hazardous smog Sunday morning as air-quality levels spiked into the “very unhealthy” range across the capital and much of northern Vietnam, the first severe pollution episode of the 2025–2026 winter.
November 29, 2025 | 07:49 pm PT
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