Environment

A new tropical storm is forecast to develop in the East Sea on September 26, shortly after Typhoon Ragasa weakens.

Authorities in Haiphong City have drawn up plans to evacuate hundreds of residents from Cat Hai Island and to help fishermen on Bach Long Vi Island move their boats ashore as typhoon Ragasa nears.

Several residential areas in the southern province of Dong Nai have been severely flooded after heavy rain caused the Buong River’s water level to rise.

The Vietnamese government has deployed 300,000 troops, 8,000 vehicles, and six aircraft to prepare for rescue operations as Super Typhoon Ragasa is forecast to make landfall on September 25.

Meteorologists forecast that super typhoon Ragasa, currently raging in the East Sea with winds exceeding 200kmh, is likely to weaken before making landfall in Vietnam due to unfavourable conditions.

The PM has directed ministries, sectors, and localities to take proactive measures in response to super Typhoon Ragasa, forecast to unleash extremely powerful winds over a vast area.

Authorities in Dong Nai have issued an urgent weather warning for flash floods, landslides and ground subsidence after prolonged downpours on September 22.

Typhoon Ragasa is predicted to make landfall in Vietnam, with localities from Quang Ninh to Ha Tinh to be hardest hit.

Typhoon Ragasa is continuing to strengthen and moving quickly into the East Sea, becoming the ninth storm of the year, and is forecast to directly affect northern Vietnam on September 25-26.

Typhoon Ragasa is forecasted to enter the East Sea on September 23 with powerful intensity and could directly impact Vietnam’s mainland.

The capital aims to eliminate the practice of burying household waste completely and switch to modern treatment technologies, according to an official.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported that at noon on September 18, a tropical depression in the East Sea strengthened into a storm, internationally named Mitag.

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Environment has proposed a project to install boundary markers for the corridors of rivers, streams, canals, and public lakes.

Police in the northern province of Ninh Binh have decided to prosecute a woman for trading a rare and endangered otter.

Conservationists are gathering in Dong Nai for the 12th meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Asian Elephant Specialist Group.

Authorities have inspected a beachfront hotel in Danang and uncovered nine violations related to environmental and food safety regulations, fining the owning company nearly USD 23,500.

A resident in Ky Van Commune in the central province of Ha Tinh unexpectedly caught three rare wild animals while harvesting acacia timber.

Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense and the US Embassy held a ceremony on September 15 to hand over more than 6 hectares of dioxin-free land at Bien Hoa Airport, Dong Nai Province.

Staff members from the Cham Islands Marine Protected Area removed nearly 130kg of marine waste and 18 crown-of-thorns starfish during a cleanup on September 14.