<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Vietnam posted a record high temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius on Saturday, officials said.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reading from a weather station in the north-central Thanh Hoa province breaks the country's previous high of 43.4 degrees and comes only a month after much of South Asia endured record-breaking temperatures. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>