Over the past two days, Ho Chi Minh City has been shrouded in a dense layer of haze, leaving many roads and central areas gloomy and reducing visibility. Experts said the phenomenon was a clear sign of the city’s alarming air pollution levels (Photo: Nam Anh).
A thick layer of haze covered central Ho Chi Minh City, making high-rise buildings appear submerged in a ghostly mist (Photo: Nam Anh).
Landmark 81, one of Ho Chi Minh City’s architectural symbols, appeared faint through the dense haze and was almost obscured when viewed from the Bitexco Tower area (Photo: Nam Anh).
From early morning, many parts of Ho Chi Minh City saw little sunshine, with grey skies creating the impression that rain was imminent (Photo: Nam Anh).
After days of rain, humidity rose sharply and, combined with unfavourable meteorological conditions, allowed the haze to linger for hours (Photo: Nam Anh).
Ho Chi Minh City looked dim and murky beneath the thick haze, while weak sunlight made distant objects difficult to see clearly (Photo: Nam Anh).
Hundreds of cranes operating in the Thu Thiem new urban area appeared blurred behind the dense haze (Photo: Nam Anh).
Residents heading out early in Ho Chi Minh City wore extra layers as the weather turned chilly and haze covered many areas (Photo: Nam Anh).
According to data from IQAir’s AirVisual monitoring app in Switzerland, air quality at many monitoring points in Ho Chi Minh City was at levels considered unhealthy (Photo: Nam Anh).
Specifically, at 7 am, Ho Chi Minh City’s air quality index, or AQI, stood at 167, a level classified as unhealthy. (Photo: Nam Anh).
“The hazy cityscape really reminds me of Dalat. It looks poetic, but being out on the streets feels suffocating and hard to breathe,” Bin, 36, from Binh Thanh Ward, said (Photo: Nam Anh).
Weak sunlight filtered through the haze, giving Ho Chi Minh City’s streets an unusual hue in the morning and leaving many areas dimly lit (Photo: Nam Anh).
The haze persisted from morning until midday in Ho Chi Minh City, raising concerns about air quality as the city still had not seen clear sunshine. By nearly 10 am, there was still no sign of it lifting, with high-rise buildings remaining blanketed in dense haze and visibility still restricted (Photo: Nam Anh).
