US EditionVietnam Urges Factories to Cut Output as Hanoi Chokes on Smog
Hanoi's air quality index reached 243, prompting health officials to advise steel, power, and chemical plants to reduce emissions to combat severe pollution.
- On Dec 11, 2025, Hanoi's industrial plants were urged to cut output after a week of hazardous smog, with the AQI reaching 243 midday, according to AirVisual.
- Authorities say the smog stems from transportation, industrial production, construction activities and open burning, while Le Thanh Thuy said gasoline-powered motorbikes are a major pollution source.
- Monitors show extreme PM2.5 readings this week could be as much as 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended level, with Dang Thuy, Hanoi resident, saying `I have experienced difficulty in breathing out on the streets these days`.
- Hanoi authorities issued an order requiring people to limit outdoor time and allowing schools in Hanoi to close if conditions worsen, while instructing crackdowns on illegal waste burning despite construction sites lacking required dust controls.
- Longer term, the city faces a structural challenge as authorities plan a phased ban on gasoline motorbikes starting in July next year in Hanoi — the city of nine million, which repeatedly tops pollution rankings amid rapid growth.
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Vietnam urges factories to cut output as Hanoi chokes on smog
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