Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy,

Short and long-term exposure to air pollution from vehicle exhaust or burning coal is associated with high blood pressure, according to a review of 17 studies. 

 India is home to four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environment data from automatic monitoring equipment shows that Hanoi has bad air quality. The machines have sometimes discovered suspended mercury in the air.

VietNamNet Bridge - The pollution situation in HCM City has no effective warning system that would allow the city authorities to take timely action.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A quarter of all global deaths annually are related to environmental pollution and the death rate is increasing significantly,

Exposure to air pollution for just a month or two may still be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for obese people, a recent U.S. study suggests.  

 Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix to 36 percent by 2030 could save the world economy up to $4.2 trillion a year,

VietNamNet Bridge - Admitting that the air in Hanoi has been polluted for a long time, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) said the pollution level in Hanoi must not reach levels as high as in Beijing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to build 27 automatic and 227 semiautomatic observation stations over the next five years to check on water surface, underground water and air pollution.

 Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, two months after acrid smog triggered the city's first ever "red alerts".

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air pollution in Ha Noi and HCM City has risen to alarming levels due to waste, dust and noise pollution, and has affected the health of area residents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Increased traffic and on-going construction in Hanoi and HCM City have driven air pollution beyond safe levels, especially in terms of dust concentration.

 Decades after opening its door to the world, rural Vietnam has undergone considerable transformations, but an unintended side effect has been environmental deterioration at an alarming pace, according to environmental officials. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air pollution from Vietnamese coal-fired power plants killed 4,300 people in 2011, and plants aren't reducing emissions any time soon, according to a recent Harvard University study.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The locals in Cu Khe commune of ThanhOai district in Hanoi have been complaining about polluted air for 10 years. However, the local authorities have not taken action to improve the situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Head of Viet Nam Register, Nguyen Huu Tri, speaks to Viet Nam News about the move to inspect motorbike exhaust fumes

VietNamNet Bridge - While other governments worldwide have set up national standards for indoor air, Vietnam, which faces serious air pollution, still does not have a set of standards.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite many efforts to improve the environment, air pollution caused by traffic activities has been increasing steadily over the last 10 years.

 Warnings about dirty air come so often that only the most severe seem to catch anyone's attention.