Vietnam registered a record temperature of 44.1 degrees on Saturday at a weather station in the north of the country, authorities said.
The reading was taken at a station in Thanh Hoa province, in the center-north of the country, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Prediction reported.
The value exceeds the previous national record of 43.4 degrees recorded on April 20, 2019 in Huong Khe district, in the central province of Ha Tinh.
“This is a worrying record in the context of climate change and global warming,” climate scientist Nguyen Ngoc Huy told Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
South Asia experienced a heat wave for most of April and neighboring countries also saw record temperatures.
“I think this record will be repeated many times,” added Nguyen Ngoc Huy. “It confirms that the extreme climate models are proving correct,” she added.
Source: TSF
