Vietnam Warns People to Avoid Outdoors as Smog Blankets Hanoi
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A blanket of smog covering Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi is causing officials to warn residents to avoid going outside and wear protective masks.
Hanoi was listed as having the worst air globally for pollution in major cities at 2 p.m. local time, data from monitoring firm Impair Air Visual showed. The Vietnam Environment Administration attributed the increase in smog in part to farmers on the outskirts of the city burning straw.