Vietnam: Summer in Hanoi

Our Man in Hanoi encounters aircon politics while trying to beat the rising temperatures ^[1] in Hanoi. “Worst of all is air con politics at work. Us Tays would like to shiver in 16 degrees. Locals like it somewhere around 28. My Vietnamese colleague who wears little t-shirt and skirts in summer says she will be sick if I turn the air con down again. But I've tried to explain that my long trousers and shirt is the very least I can wear. But she could wear a cardigan. “Why would I wear a cardigan,” she says. “It's summer”.”