Hanoi offers free, airconditioned shelter from summer heat

Police in Ha Tinh Province arrested a local woman on Wednesday for accidentally burning three hectares of forest while burning grass nearby.

It's neither safe nor effective to deploy helicopters to extinguish forest fires in central Vietnam, says Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue.

Vietnam Electricity has fully restored northern and central power grids after forest fires affected the 500 kV North-South transmission line Friday.

Thousands of forest rangers, firefighters, soldiers and policemen fought forest fires that broke out in the central region on Friday.

Two people have died of heat stroke in Hanoi this month while a third is in a coma.

As the mercury soared in the capital these days, many residents cooled off with a Red River dip.

Downtown Hanoi has become deserted during peak sunshine hours as people stay indoors to avoid the torrid weather.

With the biggest culprits failing to act on climate disaster, the human race does not have much long left.

A Ha Tinh resident died of heat stroke on Sunday afternoon as a severe heat wave swept through several Vietnamese localities.

The ongoing heat wave has pushed electricity consumption in Ho Chi Minh City to its highest in 10 years.

Construction workers on Saigon’s first metro line wear hats, masks, sunglasses and gloves to keep working in sweltering conditions.

Vietnam broke its national high temperature record last Saturday as the mercury hit 43.4 degrees Celsius in Ha Tinh Province.

With temperatures soaring to 37 degrees Celsius, Saigon hospitals are seeing a rise in children and elderly patients.