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[1]: 27 Because all of Vietnam lies between the southern and northern limit of the polar front, Vietnam's climate are both influenced by polar air and tropical air (from the tropical convergent zone). [1]: 27 In Vietnam, the monsoon circulation is a combination of both the South Asian and Northeast Asian monsoon systems.
Operation Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.
Vietnam is a southeast Asian country, and is the easternmost country of mainland Southeast Asia. It borders the South China Sea , hence, seeing the increased likeliness of tropical cyclones . Tropical cyclones in this area are considered to be part of the Northwest Pacific basin , and therefore, storms here are considered as typhoons .
Most of southern Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, endured the longest heat wave in 30 years. Farmers in the Mekong Delta faced decreased crop yields. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] In the province of Đồng Nai , mass fish deaths blanketed the entire view of a 300-hectare reservoir due to dwindling water levels caused by the heat wave. [ 43 ]
Vietnam map of Köppen climate classification Hundreds of active fires burning across the hills and valleys of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam (labelled with red dots). Vietnam's climate, being located in the tropics and strongly influenced by the South China Sea has a monsoon-influenced climate typical of that of mainland Southeast Asia.
It belongs to Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration (VMHA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment with authority to issue forecasting/warning information for weather, climate, hydrology, water resource, marine weather (i.e. hydro-meteorology) and provide hydro-meteorology services. [1]
In Hanoi, Vietnam, the lowest temperature in the downtown recorded was 5 °C (41 °F), the lowest temperature measured in the city in over 20 years. Snowfall was recorded in the mountainous areas of Ba Vì near the capital on January 24. [21] Snow fell across the mountains of Lào Cai Province in Northern Vietnam.