Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C

Vietnam has recorded its highest ever temperature of 44.1 C on Monday and experts are expecting it would increase soon due to climate change.

The record was set in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, leading the officials to warn people to stay indoors during the hottest times of the day.

Other countries in the same region have been experiencing an increase in temperature as well.

Thailand reported a temperature of 44.6 C in its western Mak province, while Myanmar’s media recorded a temperature of 43.8 C in a town in the east.

The region usually experiences hot weather before the Monsoon hits, however, temperatures this year has broken all previous records.

In Hanoi, climate change expert Nguyen Ngoc Huy said to AFP that Vietnam’s new record is “worrying”.

“I believe this record will be repeated many times,” he said. “It confirms that extreme climate models are being proven to be true.”

The world has been warming up by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep on increasing unless governments make steep cuts and restrictions on emissions.

Governments had previously agreed to avoid global temperature rises going above 1.5C. However, according to BBC, the world has already warmed by 1.1C and experts are now saying that it is likely to break 1.5C in the 2030s.