Ho Binh Minh | Hanoi, Vietnam
Reuters
Vietnam has asked nearby countries to give shelter to thousands of its fishermen from a tropical storm now nearing the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea, the government said on Wednesday.
Nearly 74 000 fishermen were working off Vietnam's coast in the path of Tropical Storm Hagibis on Wednesday, 58 of them have sought permission to take shelter at an island of the Philippines, the government said in a disaster report.
On Tuesday Hanoi's Foreign Ministry sent diplomatic notes to Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, asking them to assist Vietnamese fishermen as the storm, the seventh to hit Vietnam this year, was zooming in the Spratlys.
The archipelago is a cluster of more than 100 tiny tropical islands and reefs lying between south Vietnam and the southern Philippines in the central South China Sea.
Hagibis, meaning "rapidity" in the Philippine's Tagalog language and which was previously identified as storm 23W, would land on Vietnam's resort town of Phan Thiet at the weekend, the Tropical Storm-Risk website said.
It would pose a major danger to southern Vietnam, a region rarely struck by typhoons or tropical storms. The southern tip of the country was hit in November 1997 by Typhoon Linda in which there were 600 known deaths and 2 123 people never accounted for.
The government said floods and storms so far this year have killed 368 people, left 30 others missing and caused property damage of 7,2-trillion dong ($446-million).
Rains from Storm Hagibis would disrupt coffee drying and postpone the harvest peak in the Central Highlands key growing region to early next month, posing risk of delay for December deliveries, traders said.
Vietnam is the world's largest robusta coffee producer.
Concerns over possible tight supply for London's January contracts have contributed to industry buying on Tuesday when the robusta market rebounced slightly after Monday's fall.
Heavy rains from the storm, which has triggered landslides that killed nine people in the Philippines as of Tuesday, could also disrupt rice loading at the key Saigon Port, where two vessels were taking 31 500 tonnes for Cuba and Indonesia.
Storms rarely strike Vietnam in November as the storm and flood season often ends in the central region widely exposed to the sea in October.
Floods are receding slowly in central provinces, where thousands families have been facing shortages of food and clean water after several rounds of heavy rain since early October that killed at least 275 people, 142 of them within the last 20 days.
Nearly 74 000 fishermen were working off Vietnam's coast in the path of Tropical Storm Hagibis on Wednesday, 58 of them have sought permission to take shelter at an island of the Philippines, the government said in a disaster report.
On Tuesday Hanoi's Foreign Ministry sent diplomatic notes to Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, asking them to assist Vietnamese fishermen as the storm, the seventh to hit Vietnam this year, was zooming in the Spratlys.
The archipelago is a cluster of more than 100 tiny tropical islands and reefs lying between south Vietnam and the southern Philippines in the central South China Sea.
Hagibis, meaning "rapidity" in the Philippine's Tagalog language and which was previously identified as storm 23W, would land on Vietnam's resort town of Phan Thiet at the weekend, the Tropical Storm-Risk website said.
It would pose a major danger to southern Vietnam, a region rarely struck by typhoons or tropical storms. The southern tip of the country was hit in November 1997 by Typhoon Linda in which there were 600 known deaths and 2 123 people never accounted for.
The government said floods and storms so far this year have killed 368 people, left 30 others missing and caused property damage of 7,2-trillion dong ($446-million).
Rains from Storm Hagibis would disrupt coffee drying and postpone the harvest peak in the Central Highlands key growing region to early next month, posing risk of delay for December deliveries, traders said.
Vietnam is the world's largest robusta coffee producer.
Concerns over possible tight supply for London's January contracts have contributed to industry buying on Tuesday when the robusta market rebounced slightly after Monday's fall.
Heavy rains from the storm, which has triggered landslides that killed nine people in the Philippines as of Tuesday, could also disrupt rice loading at the key Saigon Port, where two vessels were taking 31 500 tonnes for Cuba and Indonesia.
Storms rarely strike Vietnam in November as the storm and flood season often ends in the central region widely exposed to the sea in October.
Floods are receding slowly in central provinces, where thousands families have been facing shortages of food and clean water after several rounds of heavy rain since early October that killed at least 275 people, 142 of them within the last 20 days.
20 comments:
Well, it seems that there are two storm happening right now: one (Mitag?) is heading for Philippine right now:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc07/WPAC/24W.MITAG/ssmi/gif/full/Latest.html
So, you don't want to go there.
The second storm (Hagibis) is heading to HCM city:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc07/WPAC/23W.HAGIBIS/ssmi/gif/full/Latest.html
Thus, I would move people as far south as possible (pehaps malaysia) or seek shelter along Khmer shore west of Kohtral island. Rarely, will the storm take that path. Plus I will move all people north of Nha Trang deep in land and on high ground to avoid any flooding.
Damn, we have so much storm this year.
Good luck brother (Yuon).
If our brothers seeking for shelter, please refuse the shelter -- and please drown them instead.
Oh shut up, racist (4:13). It will only be for a few days until the flood subside a little.
As the wind subsided -- certainly -- there will be another one, then another one. "Calm before the 'big' storm!"
Force of nature will prevail, and many more will be drown.
What about those nine boats that were donated from the communi chinese.
Hey, maybe this is a sign that the end of the world is near, who know, 5:47?
As for the patrol boats, we should get them all ready for rescue operation, should the water become too violent for people in small boat.
Oh yeah, and the CRC (Cambodia Red Cross) should also be ready with foods and supplies to help.
But no need to panic because the area has not being hit by deadly storm since God know when, hehehe.
Move them to Cambodia and help the 2008n vote
Why has Ki-media has published about Vietnam News. Khmers are interestes only news that are in relation with our problem.
So, in essence, what you are saying is there is only Yuon in Vietnam. Let's not look in that direction. Am I correct, 7:22?
Good idea, 6:53, because Khmer people don't like to vote. I am sure our guest will be more than happy to help out free of charge.
Bunch of crook, ugly and dishonest people. Ugly race viet.
Ok, brother 4:02PM or first commentor:
We'll be glad to die in the sea. We'll not seek refuge in Cambodia; we had enough insurgents. Phillipine is a Catholicism; Vietnam abolish such religion. So, we'll die in the sea. If we go Thailand, they'll castrate us & mail it Uncle Whore.
We'll be happy to be the Food chain. Vietnamese deserve the mother nature death sentences.
Zero stupid guest should be allowed to vote. Nasty race Youn!
How does any government in the right mind just allow any refugee to run around freely in the country and including allowing them to vote?!!!!!!!!!! F...up government. That what it is. The F. G had better start reviewing the right of a refugee now. Let's all remember that when Khmers seeked refuge in Thailand in 1979, every Khmer's life was equal to chicken. If Ah Thai wants to finish Khmer off, all they have to say : you're trespassing their land. You're are amount to any thing and anything including thief and criminal. So let not forget that and so N & O no people from other country roaming around freely in Cambodia o.k stupid.
Do good things and you'll be blessed. But be ware of Vietnamese. They are NOT really grateful people. They will invade you and take your land, much like the story of Khmer Kampuchea Krom, a Khmer land now they call south Vietnam. Be ware of the malicious Vietnamese.
When it is time to die even the Vietcong master dare to ask the Vietcong slave for help! Ahhahhah!
I just wish that Monk Tim Sakhorn has a chance to ask for help when he was deported by AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave to be judged and to be jailed in Vietname!
I just hope the Vietcong don't use this disaster event to insert more Vietcong spies into Cambodia! Ahahh
Well, life is full of risk, 10:37, but now days, we'll take the educated risk that is bloodless, which is unlike in the past. But in any case, if Cambodia destiny is to have no land, there isn't anything anyone can do about it without causing more pain and suffering to the Khmer people. Well mind just go peacefully with our destiny.
8:44, All we are doing is offering our neighbor help, and they have their freedom of choices to do whatever they think that is good for them. There is nothing more we can do.
To you stupid 10:53P.m, only you stupid FM would offer help to Ah Vietcong the murderer and the dishonest people. You idiot 'd better look out! At night they'll come out and slash your throat, f.your women kill your kids and take everything you have. Did you idoit ever thought of that?!!! Ah vietcong is no khmer you idiot!
Well, Vietcong is our best pal, and so far they have not murdered anyone. You must be dreaming, 2:57; wake up!
I just check the weather, and I was right as usual. Looks like the south part of the region will be alright, and the storm is slowing down and slowly shifted north. If it make land fall, it will be north of Nha Trang. I hope people will start to get inland and seek high ground now because it take time to find foods and proper shelters. Don't wait until the last minute, which is the 24th at midnight. It will be windy 55 knots and gust up to 70 knots. Also, it will be pouring for the next couple days.
Good luck brother (Yuon).
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