According to the IQ Air application, from this evening (December 7), air quality in Hanoi will become even more serious when the AQI index has the highest point in the world. At 5:00 p.m., Hanoi's AQI was at 231 ( purple) - ranked first in the ranking of the most polluted cities.
As of nearly 9pm, according to IQ Air, air quality has not yet maintained its dangerous level, with AQI at 219 - purple threshold and ranked 3rd in the ranking of the most polluted cities in the world, after Lahore (Pakistan) and Delhi (India).
The VN Air air quality index measurement application of the Department of Environment at nearly 9:00 p.m. on December 7 also showed that the air quality was alarming when the DHBK gate parabol station on Giai Phong Street had an index of AQI 210 - purple threshold and ranked first among the most polluted provinces and cities in the country. The measuring station at 556 Nguyen Van Cu is also at a very high level with AQI 183 (Red).
Faced with air pollution in Hanoi. On December 1, the Hanoi People's Committee issued an official dispatch advising people, especially the elderly, children and people with respiratory diseases, to limit outdoor activities and wear masks when going out on days when air quality is low.
The city is strengthening many response solutions such as preparing guidance documents to help people recognize the time of pollution, improving the capacity to receive respiratory patients at inner-city hospitals and monitoring the air with a continuously updated monitoring system via the VN-AQI platform.
The specialized forces coordinated with central units to deploy satellites, drones, traffic cameras and data from the iHanoi application to detect the situation of garbage burning and straw burning early.
