FirePoAm always puts some great video content on the fire department, police and ambulances in Saigon. Today he posted a video with the fire department doing a training fire drill at one of the VUS schools in Ho Chi Minh City. It was quite interesting watching those powerful hoses send water to the room of VUS. I just hope the windows were closed. One thing FirePoAm … [Read more...] about Saigon Fire Department Training
Archives for September 2019
Sand mining negative affects on Vietnam
National Geographic is one of the many publications taking a look at the negatives affect of sand mining in Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, sand mining poses an additional danger: It’s contributing to the slow-motion disappearance of the Mekong Delta, home to 20 million people and source of half of all the country’s food and much of the rice that … [Read more...] about Sand mining negative affects on Vietnam
Indonesian forest fires creating haze in Saigon?
For those living in Saigon the last several years, it is becoming a norm to deal with rising air pollution as Autumn arrives. This year, in particular, the levels of PM 2.5 have risen significantly with a thick haze that covers the city all day. This haze started to show up last Friday in Saigon. With the haze came higher levels of PM 2.5. Normally with a rise in PM 2.5, … [Read more...] about Indonesian forest fires creating haze in Saigon?