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Air and water pollution in viet nam9/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Thirty percent of water deemed safe is now wasted. ![]() Barely over half of the population are able to acquire unpolluted and hygienic water. Currently, only about 60% of the Vietnamese people have access to water that is clean and drinkable. Numerous rivers in Vietnam are polluted, but larger rivers like the Saigon are seriously polluted. Water from rivers near Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are now, “not at all suitable for agricultural uses and absolutely not available for domestic use,” says Helene Bjerre Jordans, the counsellor for environment and development at the Danish Embassy in Hanoi. Heavy metals and other pollutants have been entering rivers, “killing” the areas around urban areas and alongside of the rivers, completely ridding the riverbanks of plants and animals. The land, polluted by American chemical warfare after the Vietnam war, is now suitable for farming, but water pollution has been hard to ignore. Vietnam is has been facing a combination of air, water, and solid waste pollution. ![]()
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