City report · Can Tho City, Vietnam
Vĩnh Châu Air quality today
Air quality in Vĩnh Châu currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 23
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.5
- tree cover
- 22.3%
- trees in this area
- 70.1K
- more trees needed
- 24.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vinh Chau, Can Tho, Soc Trang, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vĩnh Châu · AQI 23 (Good)
Vĩnh Châu's tree count comes to 70,058 trees across 12.57 km², 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 24,190 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Vĩnh Châu today: AQI 23, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Can Giuoc and Ho Chi Minh City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.5
PM10
14.7
NO₂
1.2
O₃
93.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
155.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vĩnh Châu's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 36 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 9.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vĩnh Châu: Below target
22.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
70,058
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
24,190
CO₂ if planted / yr
532.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vĩnh Châu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vĩnh Châu has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 2.2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (45%). About 3 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Vĩnh Châu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good45% · 3 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown54% · 3 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 439 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 911 ha
- Overall change
- +472 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vĩnh Châu grew from about 439 hectares to 911 hectares, a net gain of about 472 hectares (+108%). New forest grew on about 497 hectares, while 25 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Vĩnh Châu right now?
The latest reading for Vĩnh Châu shows an AQI of 23 (Good), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Vĩnh Châu today?
At AQI 23 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Vĩnh Châu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vĩnh Châu's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 36 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Vĩnh Châu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vĩnh Châu has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 2.2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (45%). About 3 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vĩnh Châu grew from about 439 hectares to 911 hectares, a net gain of about 472 hectares (+108%). New forest grew on about 497 hectares, while 25 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Vĩnh Châu?
Vĩnh Châu has an estimated 70,058 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 22.3% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vĩnh Châu need?
Vĩnh Châu needs roughly 24,190 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 532.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Vĩnh Châu's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Vinh Chau; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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