Vietnam is has been facing a combination of air, water, and solid waste pollution. The land, polluted by American chemical warfare after the Vietnam war, is now suitable for farming, but water pollution has been hard to ignore. Heavy metals and other pollutants have been entering rivers, “killing” the areas around urban areas and alongside of the rivers, completely ridding the riverbanks of plants and animals. Water from rivers near Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are now, “not at all suitable for agricultural uses and absolutely not available for domestic use,” says Helene Bjerre Jordans, the counsellor for environment and development at the Danish Embassy in Hanoi.