HANOI: A major mercury leak, tap water contamination and “alarming” levels of haze: several pollution crises in Hanoi have sparked public fury and accusations that communist Vietnam is putting the economy ahead of the environment.

Long tapped as an investors’ paradise thanks to its low-cost labor and pro-business policies, rapidly industrializing Vietnam is one of Asia’s fastest growing economies.

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