Summer heat returns to northern Vietnam, temperatures hit above 36
A stretch of rainy days has come to an end and scorching summer heat has returned to northern region, with temperatures beginning to rise to 36 degrees Celsius or above.
Police units asked to actively prevent and fight forest fire
PSNews – The Ministry of Public Security’s Office on April 21 sent a dispatch to police units in localities in the country on forest fire prevention and fighting.
Last week’s heat spell unlikely to re-emerge
There is no evidence to show that northern Vietnam’s recent record-breaking hot weather - the hottest in 45 years - will repeat again this summer, Le Thanh Hai, Deputy General Director of the National Hydro-Meteorological Centre, told Suc Khoe&Doi Song (Health and Life) newspaper.
Northern region suffers the first major hot spell this summer
Northern provinces are suffering the first major hot spell of summer 2017, with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees Celsius.
US vice-president debate: Trump, Clinton attacked by Kaine and Pence
Democrat Tim Kaine accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of breaking a promise to release his tax records in a debate where the vice-presidential contenders bickered and interrupted each other.