The record was measured at a measuring station in Thanh Hoa province in northern Vietnam, according to the country’s National Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The previous top figure, 43.4 degrees, was recorded in 2019 in central Vietnam.
“This is a worrying record in terms of climate change and global warming,” says Nguyen Ngoc Huy, a Hanoi-based expert on climate change, adding that he expects even higher temperatures to come.
The weather in Vietnam differs between the southern and northern parts of the country, but the entire country is now entering the hottest summer months.
A heat wave has been lingering over southern Asia for much of April, with record temperatures being recorded in several countries.