A question in environment

What are serious impacts of economic growth on Vietnam 's environment nowadays ?

So far Vietnam has been known as one of the fastest growing economies of Asia with over 7% gross domestic product (GDP) increase in the past 5 years. However, apart from the bright side of the development, the outbreak also places huge impacts on Vietnam’s environment, and becomes the most threatening to people’s quality of life. There are two worst effects on the environment caused by economic development: air pollution and degradation of natural resources. As an expert on pollution of the Swiss-Vietnamese Clean Air Programsi stated, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh cities had dust levels that are double the current level in Bangkok as well as four times the acceptable level set by the World Health Organization. There are many reasons causing air pollution, but mainly it originates from gases emission of several industries. Once the number of industrial factories in Vietnam has risen significantly, the amount of exhausted gases has rapidly increased as well. And another impact as mentioned before is the decrease in amount of natural resources. As of the heavy industry requires a great deal of raw materials, more and more minerals are nearly used up. Great pressure is also put on biological resources due to the demand of adequate supply of food to maintain the integrity of the ecosystem. In conclusion, the real situation of economic growth’s effect on environment in Vietnam has been being dropped to the alarming level. The government as well as Vietnamese people should have actions immediately to protect the environment against the impacts of economic development.

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