Environment

Weather forecast for tomorrow May 17th nationwide

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Weather forecast for tomorrow May 17, Hanoi has scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain. Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon tomorrow has scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain.

Weather forecast tonight and tomorrow May 17

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Latest weather forecast May 17: Northeast region and Thanh Hoa have scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain.

3-day weather forecast from May 17 to May 19 in all three regions

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Weather forecast for the next 3 days: Northern region has scattered showers and thunderstorms, locally heavy rain; Southern region in the late afternoon and evening has scattered showers and thunderstorms in some places.

Ho Chi Minh City with thunderstorms accompanied by strong winds, in some places over 40 mm

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Strong convective clouds developed, causing many areas in Ho Chi Minh City to experience thunderstorms with strong gusts of wind in the late afternoon of May 16.

Straining to extinguish the fire at Truong Thuy landfill in the hot sun

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Quang Tri - Truong Thuy landfill has been smoldering for many days, smoke, dust and a pungent smell cover residential areas, seriously affecting people's lives.

Cold air causes rain and thunderstorms to reduce temperature, the North has places below 19 degrees Celsius

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Due to the impact of cold air, the North turns cool with the lowest temperature commonly from 19 - 22 degrees C, mountainous areas have places below 19 degrees C.

New proposal on waste classification

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has proposed 2 options for classifying domestic waste.

Warning of increased risk of extreme rain, identifying causes

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The cause of extreme rain is due to the dispute between the cold air mass and the hot, humid air mass before, creating a strong convection current.

Widespread thunderstorm forecast in the South

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According to the Southern Hydrometeorological Station, in the coming days, the area will have widespread thunderstorms in the late afternoon.

Forecast of the risk of receiving many unusual heavy rains in 2026

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It is forecast that the total number of widespread heavy rains in 2026 may be approximately or lower than the average, but extreme heavy rain phenomena tend to increase.

Hue requests clarification of responsibilities of many units for slow replacement forest planting

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Hue has only planted 223/508.6ha of replacement forest, many units are behind schedule, and are required to review and clarify responsibilities.

Water level of some hydropower reservoirs in the Central - Central Highlands region on May 3rd

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Hydropower reservoirs in the Central - Central Highlands region are at normal water levels, many reservoirs have not had to overflow and are mainly operating for power generation.

Thao River reaches record low

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Phu Tho - The water level of the Thao River (main stream of the Red River) section passing through Phu Tho province is shallow to the bottom, buffaloes and cows are grazed on the alluvial ground in the middle of the river.

Weather forecast for next week from May 4-5, 2026

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Weather forecast from May 4-10: Hanoi will continue to have rain, showers and thunderstorms next week.

Warning area with thunderstorms, in some places heavy to very heavy rain over 90mm

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Forecast for today May 3rd, the Northern region and Thanh Hoa will have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain over 90mm.

Southern region has places above 36 degrees Celsius, forecast time to end widespread hot weather

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Forecast for today May 3rd, the South continues to be hot, with some places above 36 degrees Celsius; from May 4th, the possibility of widespread hot weather will end.

Tornadoes and hailstorms injure 5 people, hundreds of houses have their roofs blown off

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In the late afternoon of May 2, thunderstorms and hailstorms occurred in the provinces, causing many damages.

A commune in Dien Bien suffered damage of more than 1 billion VND due to hail and thunderstorms

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Dien Bien - The hailstorm accompanied by thunderstorms in Sam Mun commune is estimated to have damaged more than 1 billion VND.

World's largest mangrove fishing park in Quang Ninh

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Quang Ninh - Covering about 660ha, the park is formed on the basis of preserving and upgrading the existing natural mangrove ecosystem on the coast of Ha Long Bay.

Weather today May 3: Cold air causes thunderstorms in the North

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Today's weather May 3rd, due to the impact of cold air, the North and Thanh Hoa have rain, moderate rain and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy to very heavy rain.