Eco-tourism in Vietnam: Try Ho Chi Minh City for a cleaner conscience

Travel guide Do Truoc says he is glad to be worrying about the environment, instead of issues like war.

A mega-metropolis with around 10 million inhabitants producing 11 tons of waste every single day – a large portion of which ends up in the sea – Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is fighting for a cleaner environment.

Restaurant owner Yen Linh has recreated the growing carpet of waste that is swimming around in the South China Sea, by throwing plastic waste into her aquarium with the fish. After all, this is what their natural habitat looks like, nowadays.