Vietnam - quaint but posionous

Lead contamination in Hanoi food
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/210894/Lead-contamination-found-in-Ha-Noi-food.html


Dengue fever in Hai Ba Trung area
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/210678/Hanoians-warned-about-dengue-fever-outbreaks.html


Deadly additives in foods that changes pork to taste like beef - used in restaurants around the Old Quarter (meat so I'm safe)
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/210724/Health-agency-launches-hunt-for-deadly-%E2%80%98beef-extract-.html


"By the end of 2010, there were 33 million motorbikes and cars in Vietnam, including 1.4 million cars."

So, according to the above figures, Vietnam is host to 31.6 million motorbikes. on 331,698 square kilometres; so that's about 953 motorbikes for every square kilometre.
http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2011/03/air-pollution-alert.html


"Residents living along banks of canals in HCM City discharge waste directly into the canals from 15,000 toilets ... Canals Tham Luong-Ben Cat, Tan Hoa-Lo Gom, Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe and Go Dua have from 300 to 1,000 eggs of parasitic worms per gramme of canal-bed mud, according to the department."
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/210440/Residents-continue-to-pollute-city-canals.html

"The Old Quarter has a big population, over 60,000 per square kilometre. Some places in the area have only about 2 square metres per person, which is far lower than the standard."
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Opinion/210661/Old-Quarter-relocation-plans-scrutinised.html