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TuoiTreNews.vn - The southern region of Vietnam has gone through the coldest weather this year with the average temperature going down from 1-2 degrees Celsius, according to the southern hydrometeorology center. The lowest temperature was recorded at 18.5 degrees Celsius at Long Khanh District of Dong Nai Province. The temperature also went down to 19.5 degrees Celsius at Phuoc Long District in Binh Phuoc Province, 20.7 degrees Celsius in So Sao of Binh Duong Province, and 20.3 degrees in Bien Hoa City of Dong Nai. Similarly, the temperature in the Mekong Delta region had a slight reduction to 20.5 degrees Celsius in Moc Hoa District of Long An Province, 21 degrees in Cao Lanh of Dong Thap Province, and 21.2 degrees in My Tho of Tien Giang Province. In Ho Chi Minh City, the temperature at districts Tan Binh and Nha Be were from 21 – 21.7 degrees Celsius. Le Thi Xuan Lan,  a weather pundit based in Ho Chi Minh City,  forecast that the cool temperature will last till...

ThanhNienNews.com - Snow and frost have started covering the resort town Sa Pa in the northern highlands, and its neighboring mountain spots. Frost covers trees on the top of Phia Oac, a mountain of 1,900 meters high in Cao Bang Province, December 16, 2015. Photo credit: Ngoc Thuy - Si Doan/VnExpress A tourist from Hanoi who visited the Rock Church, a tourist attraction in Sa Pa in Lao Cai Province, at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday said it was covered in thick ice.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Northern Vietnam will experience chilling weather this week as a cold snap entering in two days is predicted to cause temperatures to drop to as low as six degrees Celsius, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. From Wednesday until the weekend, temperatures in northern provinces will decline by three to five degrees, and rain is expected at night and in the early mornings, the center said.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Typhoon Koppu is moving west from east off the Philippines and may enter the East Vietnam Sea on Monday, Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said on Friday. The powerful tropical storm is expected to rip through the Philippines’ Luzon Island on Monday morning before reaching the East Vietnam Sea, the center said. 

ThanhNienNews.com - Vietnam has been put on alert for the approaching tropical storm Mujigae, which is expected to strike its northern region next Monday. Mujigae, the 4th storm in Vietnam’s East Sea this year, is causing rough seas and rains and moving toward its northern region at a speed of 20 kph, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center . It was located some 850 km east of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Island at 8 a.m. on Friday with wind speed of more than 75 kph.

TuoiTreNews.vn - A storm packing winds of up to 75km per hour is heading for central Vietnam and may hit the coast between Da Nang City and Quang Ngai Province this evening, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. At 8:00 am on Monday, the storm was being centered about 140km east of the coast between Da Nang and Quang Ngai, carrying winds of 60-75kph, with gusts of up to 102kph. The storm is moving west at 15kph.

TuoiTreNews.vn - The Vietnamese military has put 31,000 soldiers on standby for activities to deal with floods that are spreading in northern Vietnam after  killing 17 people  in Quang Ninh Province, a senior official has said. Colonel Vu The Chien, deputy chief of the secretariat of the National Committee for Search and Rescue, made the statement during an online meeting on Thursday related to the floods. Accordingly, the Vietnam People’s Army has set up a plan to deploy about 31,000 soldiers and 860 vehicles to help authorities and residents in northern provinces to deal with the flooding that has been caused by prolonged heavy rain there.

Tuoitrenews.vn - Scorching weather is raging in both northern and central Vietnam, with temperatures reaching 40.8 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the National Center for Hydro-Metrological Forecasting reported on Friday. Students are seen on a street under the scorching heat after they left their national high school examination rooms in the north-central province of Nghe An on July 2, 2015. The two regions will continue to suffer from the baking weather for several days, possibly until next Monday, June 6, the center said.

ThanhNienNews.com, June 14, 2015 - Fierce winds uprooted around 1,000 trees in Hanoi on Saturday afternoon, killing two passers-by and injuring five others. The winds, coupled with rain and lighting, struck the capital city out of the blues  at 5 pm and lasted for around 30 minutes.

TuoiTreNews.vn - Many people in Vietnam have come up with inventive ways to help them stay as cool as possible during the persistent hot spell, which is the longest in the past 40 years. Residents in a number of localities in the country, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, have been writhing in the sultry, stifling heat of the past few months, with a peak felt in recent weeks. A farmer in Dien Ban District, located in the central province of Quang Nam, attaches leaves to his ‘non la’ (traditional leaf conical hat) while working in the blazing sun.

After entering the East Sea on Friday morning, the depression that formed south of the Philippines has strengthened into a tropical storm and will likely hit south-central Vietnam late Saturday night, the Vietnamese national weather center has warned.