In Hanoi, outdoor temperatures sometimes topped 50 degrees in places with few trees.
To cope with the scorching heat, farmers worked in the field from 4 a.m.-9a.m. in the morning and from 2p.m.-6p.m. in the afternoon or even at night.
A farmer in his barren rice field in Huong Thuy commune, Ha Tinh province (Photo: SGGP)
Hundreds of hectares of lotus ready for harvest have died in Thua Thien-Hue province (Photo: SGGP)
Motorcyclists in a street in Da Nang city (Photo: SGGP)
A street in Hanoi (Photo: SGGP)
An ox herb pick up grass (Photo: SGGP)
A homemade stream fan in Hue city (Photo: SGGP)
200 households use water from five drilled wells in Bai Xep area, Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province (Photo: SGGP)
Fruit juice is very much in demand (Photo: SGGP)