A thick layer of dust from the construction of a huge airport in Vietnam has been blanketing nearby neighbourhoods for months, staining everything from trees to homes to schoolchildren's uniforms a sickly shade of red. Located 40 kilometres from southern business hub Ho Chi Minh City, the four-runway Long Thanh airport -- which will be the country's largest -- is forecast to transport 100 million passengers and five million tonnes of cargo annually once finished.

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