Last week, Saigon woke up to unhealthy air measuring 156 AQI at the US Consulate or roughly 65 micrograms. This gave me an opportunity to test my SmartAir Original DIY fan and HEPA filter in my other room. As you can see from the photos below, LaserEgg gave an AQI reading of 95 or 32 micrograms. The safe US levels are 12 micrograms so my room was 3 times above the safe … [Read more...] about Four hour test of SmartAir Original DIY air purifier in Saigon (HCMC)
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Hanoi AQI is horrible
Climates wise Hanoi is probably comparable to Shanghai. Seems that more factories have relocated from China to Vietnam, specifically outside of Hanoi. Hence when comparing the airs between the two cities, people in Hanoi should be shocked. See below:Remember, readings inside homes and apartments will be higher than outside.Below is the same reading currently in … [Read more...] about Hanoi AQI is horrible
Status of GoHalalPlanet
I have been getting many requests for restaurant and travel information for Vietnam by Muslim travelers through GoHalalPlanet - Vietnam. I just want to inform everyone that I will be launching a new site to replace GoHalalPlanet with my own recommendations for halal restaurants and trips here in Vietnam, … [Read more...] about Status of GoHalalPlanet
Things that Expats find annoying about life in Saigon
Inspired by GaijinPot's article, "Things that foreigners find annoying about life in Japan," I decided to write a similar blog post about the annoying things about life in Vietnam. Though my article's title mentions about Expats, I know that many of the below will also apply to Vietnamese as well. … [Read more...] about Things that Expats find annoying about life in Saigon
GoHalalPlanet – Vietnam Update
Thanks to my Malaysian friend, I had some good help in getting a major update for the Vietnam site of GoHalalPlanet. More below:Cross-posted from: http://vn.gohalalplanet.com/2011/10/16/gohalalplanet-vietnam-update/GoHalalPlanet had a very productive weekend in HCMC. There are many updates to the Vietnamese GoHalalPlanet site for Hanoi, HCMC and Nha Trang which are … [Read more...] about GoHalalPlanet – Vietnam Update