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Prior to Typhoon Yagi forming and making landfall in Vietnam, domestic media reported unusual weather patterns in August 2024. Speaking to the Natural Resources and Environment newspaper, Mai Văn Khiêm, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, stated that the country's average temperature reached 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), the highest in recorded history. [1]
Cát Bà Island is the largest of the 367 islands spanning 262.41 km 2 (101.32 sq mi) [1] [a] that comprise the Cat Ba Archipelago, which makes up the southeastern edge of Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam and maintains the dramatic and rugged features of Ha Long Bay.
Vietnam is a southeast Asian country, and is the easternmost country of mainland Southeast Asia. It borders the South China Sea , hence, seeing the increased likeliness of tropical cyclones . Tropical cyclones in this area are considered to be part of the Northwest Pacific basin , and therefore, storms here are considered as typhoons .
According to a prior report by Vietnam, when Yagi made landfall in Haiphong and Quảng Ninh Province on September 7, maximum sustained wind speeds of 50 m/s (180 km/h) and peak gusts of 63 m/s (230 km/h) were observed at a weather station in Bãi Cháy.
Cat Ba may refer to: Cát Bà Island, an island in Vietnam; Cát Bà National Park, a national park on Cát Bà Island; Cát Bà (township) ...
Cát Bà National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn Quốc Gia Cát Bà) is a World Heritage Site designated as a biosphere reserve in northern Vietnam. The park is part of Cát Bà Island in Hạ Long Bay and is administered by the city of Haiphong. The park is located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Hai Phong, covering about 263 square ...
Đồng Nai is one of Vietnam's main manufacturing centers. It has attracted 9.1% of FDI [clarification needed] into Vietnam by 2011, an accumulated US$18.2 billion, the fourth largest after Ho Chi Minh City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province and Hanoi. [5] Industrial gross output in 2011 was VND 314 trillion, 10.6% of the national value. [5]
A community of around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay in four fishing villages: Cua Van, Ba Hang, Cong Tau and Vong Vieng in Hung Thang ward, Hạ Long city. They live on floating houses and are sustained through fishing and marine aquaculture (cultivating marine biota), plying the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different ...