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Rapid growth fuels smog in Hanoi, one of the world's most polluted cities

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Hanoi has no horizon. Blocky apartment towers dissolve into gray fog in the Vietnamese capital, as barges carrying sand inch down the Red River toward makeshift jetties. At street level, the city blurs as if it’s covered in film. The air stings your eyes and smells of chemicals, like chlorine but not quite. When the sun does punch through, it hangs like a red beach ball against the silver sky.

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In Hanoi, the earth's most polluted city, the air is concrete

Pollution in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, home to almost 9 million people, reflects the environmental cost of the Southeast Asian nation’s explosive growth.

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