The country has the cleanest air in the world

American scientists ranked Seychelles as the world's most clean air country in 2016 based on the Environmental Management Competency Index (EPI).

Seychelles island nation ranks the world's number one for air quality.(Photo: Seychelles News Agency).

The EPI index evaluates the effectiveness of national environmental protection activities, which are ranked every two years by researchers at Yale University, USA.

According to EPI statistics in 2016, the Seychelles island nation comprising 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean had 98.24 points of air quality, topping the list of 180 countries, followed by Trinidad and Tobago (97.2 points) ) and the Maldives (97.1 points).

With a population of 93,000, since 2010, the country has been particularly focused on environmental protection activities to ensure people live in clean, healthy and ecological balance, according to Seychelles News. Agency.

For years, Seychelles did not use coal and oil to cook. The way the government's economic development plays an important role in protecting clean air for the islands, according to the Environment Minister.

" As soon as I stepped out of the plane, my first impression was the fresh air of this beautiful country," said a Chinese tourist.

According to this statistics, Vietnam has air quality ranked 170/180 with EPI index of 54.76 points and in the top 11 countries with the lowest air quality in the world.