While white-collar workers enjoy air-conditioned offices, the ongoing heatwave presents a set of challenges for people who spend their "office" hours outdoors, including construction workers in Da Nang.

Scorching heatwave is set to continue for central coastal localities from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai provinces, including Da Nang, over next week, with temperatures expected to hit between 36 and 38 degrees Celsius, according to Viet Nam's National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Outdoor workers in Da Nang, including construction workers, are suffering from an intense heat wave with temperatures soaring close to 40 degrees Celsius.

Under extreme heat conditions, people are urged to stay hydrated and indoors as much as possible because they are vulnerable to exhaustion, dehydration and a weakened immune system.

Due to their outside job, construction workers have to work under the sweltering sun.

Below are some photos, captured by our reporter Xuan Son, showing readers how hard construction workers in Da Nang work in the scorching heat.

Despite the hot weather, a bustling working atmosphere has been seen at construction sites of some of the city’s key projects.

Work is now being on track on the 2nd stage of the cardiovascular centre of the Da Nang General Hospital.

At the construction site of the 2nd stage of the cardiovascular centre of the Da Nang General Hospital, construction workers keep working in sweltering conditions.

Construction workers are working at a high-rise building project on Tran Phu Street.

A worker drinking cold water to help cool him down

Some construction workers are working at the site of the traffic re-arrangement at the western end of the Tran Thi Ly Bridge in Da Nang.

A welder working in the hot weather

A male worker has his skin get darker because his skin is exposed to too much sunlight

Construction workers have taken certain measures to beat the heat, including wearing hats, and using face coverings and gloves.

 By XUAN SON - Translated by MAI DUNG