Vietnam battles plastic pollution crisis at Unesco World Heritage site of Ha Long Bay
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Ha Long Bay, in northeastern Vietnam, is a Unesco World Heritage site famous for its spectacular limestone karsts, or rocky outcrops. But the area is now facing a plastic-pollution crisis. Authorities have ordered a team of workers to clean up the floating waste from the bay to try and restore the damaged environment.
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I'm from Ha Long Bay, the last time I was there to visit my friend's oyster farm and I saw him throwing trash in the water, I was not happy about it so I gave him my thoughts but later that day he did it again. He said it's just so normal there and that's the real problem they need to fix. Vietnam has a bad littering culture and it needs a lot of work to change. It's been getting better but it's not enough.
@petiteetngo
Жыл бұрын
I am born in Da Nang. I lived most of my time in the US, I was absolutely amazed about the trash situation in Vietnam. Not much has changed since my youth. And it's the people there. They just don't care about anything but the money to live from day to day. The rate of higher education in Vietnam is atrocious. The current bunch of government just don't care much about the country but how to get rich. It's sad. My first trip back changed my thoughts about retiring in Vietnam. They have problems.
@PhuongNguyen-zp9vn
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes I try to protect the environment as much as possible but it never enough:(
This is happening all over the world. Thanks for raising awareness!
I have been there in 2022. Hanoi, Ha Long and Ninh Binh are beautiful places. But the trash tourist threw everywhere make them look bad. But I still want to visit there again one day, love them ❤
Một người hốt, 100 người xả. Nhưng đây là bước đầu để giải quyết vấn đề.
More strict government regulation is needed. Enforce the very minor details of boating in the waterways and the bigger issues like polluting will not develop.
India 🇮🇳 is losing out to Vietnam 🇻🇳, Malaysia 🇲🇾 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 in attracting foreign companies to set up factories 🏭 and to create jobs for the local population. Mostly due to Modi's divisive form of politics
@_Gojo_Satoru
Жыл бұрын
Yeah still beating all major economies in growth rate. Thank you 👍🙏
@YanYuan822
Жыл бұрын
@J V India's growth is all due to government spending and domestic consumption aka debt-fuelled artificial growth. Not sustainable in the long run
@user-gr1gb7os2t
Жыл бұрын
@@YanYuan822 right.
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@bell-xk5dd
Жыл бұрын
For years, US, Canada and most European countries send their plastic trash to Asian countries on the pretext for recycling. In truth, they’re just dumping their trash on poorer countries. In the past, shipments of plastics were shipped to China, Indonesia, Philippines....most chemical toxic waste were shipped to China ... Now China and Indonesia have stopped taking these plastic trash...so trash were sent to Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar...
I'm sure they want to blame foreigners, but it's actually the local tourists and vn ppl in general, they don't really take care of their sidewalks and throw their garbage pretty much anywhere...
@Vincent_de_Paul
Жыл бұрын
Most plastic waste they've collected are fishing boats' buoys, etc which has nothing to do with tourists
At least the Indian government is aware of the problem of plastic waste pollution and has taken action to solve it. I saw a video about a beach in India where nearby people ran to the beach to take a dump, causing the beach to be littered with garbage and a foul smell. When tourists criticize and protest, Indians and the Indian government respond that it is part of our culture. I am simply speechless.
@Yp6772
Жыл бұрын
Stop comparing the countries jeez…
@rohansharma4385
Жыл бұрын
Come to juhu beach mumbai then 😂😂😂
@MS-vk9ph
Жыл бұрын
@@Yp6772 stop willfully being blind and being triggered by comments that point out truths
when i was in VN I’ve always had a hard time finding a trash bin, even at local restaurants….even if you wanted to throw the trash in a bin, there isn’t any around….so the solution is think is to have more trash bins accessible and more trash collection days 😂
Thank you China for reporting on this ❤
Most factories 🏭 prefer Vietnam 🇻🇳 over India 🇮🇳 because Vietnamese workers are more hardworking than their Indian counterparts, who prefer to spend most of the time daydreaming and making excuses all day long
Another problem is prices. They always charge you very high
middle east southeast asia cnetral asia adn afrcia.
this is called globalization and rapid economic development
Bali : first time?
The sea is not that blue, photo must be lying....
@HauTran-sunfromsouth
Жыл бұрын
Depends on areas!! It blue when you go on BOAT GO TO ISLAND. It’s not blue water if close to inside mainland. I’m Vietnamese so I know it. MOSTLY PPL GO HALONG, THEN GO ON BOAT/SHIP TOUR TO VISIT ISLANDS IN SEAS, NOT IN THE LANDS!! You can do kayaks & swimming in islands & watching deep caves inside ROCK MOUTAIN ISLAND.
That is a small pint compare to India, Bangladish and Sri Lanka
Better Ha Long Bay wouldn't have been so popular.
@soniolikids5996
11 ай бұрын
The garbage is from fishermen and fish farms, not from tourists.. well maybe some from Vietnamese and Chinese tourists
mdiels lelast southeast asia central asia and africa.
Every country have to start ban single used plastic.
Hey man. It's with a heavy heart that I share my residence in the United States, where the prevailing condition is utterly disheartening and fills me with so much sorrow. Today, my younger sibling, who attends elementary school, got blasted in his face. My father, who has a chronic illness, lacks the financial resources and access to healthcare and as a result, has developed a dependence on fentanyl. Adding to the desperation, my poor dear loving mother is compelled to engage in prostitution daily just to provide a meal for our family. She is very talented and very hard working, you can find her on the front page of thousands of 🌽 sites. These circumstances have led us to be homeless, forcing us to live on the streets, completely exposed to the cold pavement. The fear of potential mass shootings has paralyzed me to the extent that I'm too terrified to step outside our cardboard box shelter, fearing it might be my last move. If there were indeed another life, I genuinely desire to be born in any other country, in the hopes of finding a more promising existence.
@andia968
Жыл бұрын
thx for speaking the truth bro!
@MS-vk9ph
Жыл бұрын
@@andia968 it’s a bot jabroni
@__CaoDuyHung
Жыл бұрын
who asked ?
@pjacobsen1000
Жыл бұрын
Prostitution is an honorable profession for all MILFs. Is she also on OnlyFans?
Most Plastics pile🥤🥤🥤 from the Philippines 🇵🇭 and Indonesia 🇲🇨
@JJ-ed4tk
Жыл бұрын
You clearly didn’t watch the video lol those are from Vietnam 🇻🇳 🗑️
@JJ-ed4tk
Жыл бұрын
S h i e t n a m 🤣
@nganvo840
Жыл бұрын
@@JJ-ed4tk pignoy🤌
@kimduong2332
Жыл бұрын
@@JJ-ed4tk Annam no Vietnam.
japan will retake te kurilssakhalin and vladivok south korea will take north korea.
@kimduong2332
Жыл бұрын
Keep hoping.
India: these are rookie number
#plastickills #petrolium #plasticplanet 💀
Compared to my country, this is nothing. Come and see the Ganges!
@Hkchinese888
Жыл бұрын
But you use water there as drinking water
@wynn3077
Жыл бұрын
Haven’t you seen the beautiful plastic covered rivers in China.
@user-gr1gb7os2t
Жыл бұрын
@Peter Lang lier.
@user-gr1gb7os2t
Жыл бұрын
@Peter Lang yup, what you said is a lie. You have no proof buddy.
@kimduong2332
Жыл бұрын
@@wynn3077 Stream some photos here please.
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The Report is not as updated and reconciled with the VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT that tirelessly conducts inspection in its efforts to CLEAN and MAINTAIN the cities and provinces at Vietnam, Chung Co Phu Mi as well, the INSTALLATION OF INCINERATORS has been evident at Vietnam, and it has benefited its country including clean ENERGY. This should be UPDATED, since Vietnam is a HARDWORKING COUNTRY. Qui lai Viet!
@soniolikids5996
11 ай бұрын
Lol yeah sure comrade. We believe you.
WUHAN LABs are more HAZARD than these things!!😂😂
@kimduong2332
Жыл бұрын
You get it wrong, the Fort Detrick Marryland.
This is real face of Vietnam😏
@takashi24107
Жыл бұрын
Everywhere have trash you wumao. Even japan have a ton of plastic and I wondering where province china you from. Just let you khow 1 day living in Beijing is equal to 12 package of cigarettes. Source air visual
@bell-xk5dd
Жыл бұрын
US and most European countries send their plastic trash to asian countries on the pretext for recycling. In truth, they are just dumping their trash on poorer countries. In the past, shipments of plastics were shipped to Indonesia, China, Philippines .... Now China and Indonesia have stopped taking these plastic trash, and this trash ends up in Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar...
@nganvo840
Жыл бұрын
How abt china?
@bell-xk5dd
Жыл бұрын
@@nganvo840 From 60s to 90s, most countries in the west would dump their toxic waste and plastic into China. China was their dumping grounds for 3 decades. Since 2000, China stopped receiving trash from the west. So Americans and Europeans started dumping their trash to other Asian countries...
Western countries sell garbage to Vietnam and Bangladesh at low prices
@Hkchinese888
Жыл бұрын
and chyna sells garbage to the west
@G.A.C_Preserve
Жыл бұрын
Those can't be worse than the one from china
@kimduong2332
Жыл бұрын
@@Hkchinese888 The West get paid back in their own coin by China.
@kimduong2332
Жыл бұрын
@@G.A.C_Preserve Some photos to support you please.