The temperature on the surface of this motorcycle saddle was up to 80.4 degrees Celsius.

Nguyen Van and his wife, farmers in Van Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District in the central province of Nghe An, had to transplant rice seedlings at night to avoid the terrible heat in the daytime. 

Some people posted similar photos on their Facebook pages: they bought quail eggs to boil but because of the heat, some eggs hatched.

This photo was taken on Nguyen Du Road, Ha Tinh city, central Vietnam: Asphalt melted down and stuck to the shoes of pedestrians. 

The ground temperature at 1pm on May 29 in the town of Dong Le, Tuyen Hoa District, Quang Binh province, central Vietnam, was 63 degrees C. 

A short break in the heat on the roadside of a  vegetable transporter at Long Bien wholesale market in Hanoi. 

 

 

 

Workers nap under the trees on Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi.

 

 

Pedestrian tunnels in Hanoi were crowded at noon.

At about 5.30pm on May 29, a woman died at a  flower garden on Duong Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. The cause of death was initially thought to be by sunstroke.

 

 

 

Farmers in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province harvested peanuts at night to avoid intense heat during the day.

 

Trees dried out because of prolonged heat. 

A well in Son Linh (Ha Tinh province) was dry to the bottom. 

A field in Cam Ranh City, Khanh Hoa Province was abandoned because of lack of water.

Suoi Lon Lake in Ninh Phuoc Commune, Thuan Nam, Ninh Thuan Province was dry to the bottom.

A man washing his feet in a pit dug in a dried-up stream in Phuoc Trung commune, Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan province.

People in the central region face the risk of losing this crop because of prolonged drought.

People harvest rice at midnight.