Nga Pham

Yeah.

Yeah, that's a very, very famous, very common problem, actually, in Hanoi.

Because we have two big lakes in Hanoi.

It turns so green every summer.

Yeah, and when I was growing up, they used to send lots of workers just to jump in the lakes to clean them.

I think they have more sophisticated methods, like using chemicals and stuff.

In Vietnam, we're kind of used to the heat, but you're right, it's very excessive heat at the moment.

It feels like 46 degrees today.

The main thing for us now is power cuts because electricity consumption jumps something like 15% and is overwhelmed.

That's right.

You know, if I remember right, the late Lee Kuan Yew said that the air con is the greatest invention of all time.

But air cons can't cope with this heat.

So we suffer from it.

And hospitals actually getting really, really crowded with sick people.

So I think it is a major impact on the society and economy.

No, I think it's going to last until at least September.

And with El Nino and all that, you know.

Vietnam obviously doesn't produce petrol for electricity, so we have to buy it from outside.

And with this, we're kind of going to pay a lot more for our power.

And that will probably hit people's pockets as well alongside business aspect of that.