VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 23
23/01/2021 10:35 GMT+7
Hanoi’s air quality continues worsening
Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening in many areas, posing health risks for local residents.
According to the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the air quality index at the city’s 34 air monitoring stations this morning, January 21 faced extremely severe pollution. Four stations located in Thanh Xuan District, Cau Giay District and Hoan Kiem District had the worst results.
The department’s Environmental Protection Board said that the content of high fine particulate matters of PM 2.5 and PM 10 increased by 1.3-2 times against the day before.
Weather conditions with the thick dense smog and high moisture is among the major causes of the serious pollution in the city, the board added.
Paintings feature the buffalo â zodiac sign for 2021 10:39 | 22/01/2021
Some of the paintings displayed at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang â The buffalo, the zodiac sign for 2021, is the theme of a painting exhibition that opened at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum in central Da Nang city on January 21.
The event showcases 30 oil and acrylic pictures created by painter Ngo Thanh Hung, depicting the buffalo in the Vietnamese culture as an industrious, smart, strong, and brave animal via bright colours and unique painting techniques.
The buffalo is the second animal sign in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac and also a symbol of the wet rice civilisation in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam.