Northern Vietnam set for cold wave this weekend

A street in Hanoi is flooded after a rain, May 11, 2021. Photo by VnExpress

Northern Vietnam will see temperatures dropping to 13-21 degrees Celsius along with widespread rains starting Saturday.

Nguyen Van Huong, head of the climate forecast department at the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, said temperatures in the north in summer typically range between 25 and 31 degrees Celsius.

An incoming mass of cold air would not only pull temperatures down by 5-10 degrees, but also cause strong winds in the Gulf of Tonkin and the central coast along with rains in both northern and central regions on Sunday and Monday, he said.

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