Monday, November 17, 2008
By Ho Binh Minh
Reuters
A strong tropical storm churned towards southern Vietnam on Monday, threatening a direct hit on the densely populated Mekong Delta and substantial damage to the country's coffee production.
State-run forecasters said Tropical Storm Noul, with winds of 88 kph (55 mph), would reach landfall around the tourist spots of Nha Trang and Mui Ne late on Monday and cross the coffee-growing province of Lam Dong.
Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer and the third-largest producer of crude oil in Southeast Asia.
Noul's arrival coincides with the peak of the coffee harvest in the Central Highlands. Torrential rains could halt the harvest and prevent farmers from drying beans outdoors, causing delays and lowering quality.
The storm could also wreak havoc in the delta, which normally avoids the worst of the storms that roll in from the South China Sea, making people who live there relatively unprepared for disaster.
"It could cause huge damage to lives and property," Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said in an urgent telegraph to provincial authorities and state oil and gas group Petrovietnam.
All offshore oil production remained operational, an official from Petrovietnam said, although state television said Vietsovpetro, a Russian joint venture, would temporarily shut operation on four oil rigs and evacuate workers.
It did not say how much production would be affected.
In his telegraph, Hung ordered the immediate recall of all fishing boats in the area and said children should not go to school as preparations were made for mass evacuations across a 400 km (250 mile) swathe of coastline.
More than 74,000 people needed evacuation while more than 133,000 fishermen had been warned to take shelter as the storm moved to within 100 kms (65 miles) of the coast, the government said.
In neighbouring Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen cancelled a scheduled trip on Tuesday to the coastal province of Kampot, abutting Vietnam, because of the storm.
Vietnamese government reports said more than 17,000 fishing boats were operating near the Spratlys in the path of the storm.
The Mekong Delta, where the latest rice crop has been harvested, is rarely hit by storms. Typhoon Linda caught the region unawares in November 1997, killing at least 464 people. The government never revised an initial tally that listed more than 3,200 people as missing.
(Additional reporting by Nguyen Nhat Lam and Ek Madra in Phnom Penh; Editing by Ed Cropley and David Fox)
State-run forecasters said Tropical Storm Noul, with winds of 88 kph (55 mph), would reach landfall around the tourist spots of Nha Trang and Mui Ne late on Monday and cross the coffee-growing province of Lam Dong.
Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer and the third-largest producer of crude oil in Southeast Asia.
Noul's arrival coincides with the peak of the coffee harvest in the Central Highlands. Torrential rains could halt the harvest and prevent farmers from drying beans outdoors, causing delays and lowering quality.
The storm could also wreak havoc in the delta, which normally avoids the worst of the storms that roll in from the South China Sea, making people who live there relatively unprepared for disaster.
"It could cause huge damage to lives and property," Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said in an urgent telegraph to provincial authorities and state oil and gas group Petrovietnam.
All offshore oil production remained operational, an official from Petrovietnam said, although state television said Vietsovpetro, a Russian joint venture, would temporarily shut operation on four oil rigs and evacuate workers.
It did not say how much production would be affected.
In his telegraph, Hung ordered the immediate recall of all fishing boats in the area and said children should not go to school as preparations were made for mass evacuations across a 400 km (250 mile) swathe of coastline.
More than 74,000 people needed evacuation while more than 133,000 fishermen had been warned to take shelter as the storm moved to within 100 kms (65 miles) of the coast, the government said.
In neighbouring Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen cancelled a scheduled trip on Tuesday to the coastal province of Kampot, abutting Vietnam, because of the storm.
Vietnamese government reports said more than 17,000 fishing boats were operating near the Spratlys in the path of the storm.
The Mekong Delta, where the latest rice crop has been harvested, is rarely hit by storms. Typhoon Linda caught the region unawares in November 1997, killing at least 464 people. The government never revised an initial tally that listed more than 3,200 people as missing.
(Additional reporting by Nguyen Nhat Lam and Ek Madra in Phnom Penh; Editing by Ed Cropley and David Fox)
15 comments:
too bad. could have had a double celebration with hun sen dead.
THAILAND IS ASSASSINATING OUR OFFICIALS. THEY KILLED HOK LUNDY.
2:59 PM
If you're with Hun Sen, it's a good thing to spur the Thai to go into war with Cambodia. Are we ready for the action?
Hun Sen killed him (Hok Lundy)so he can have his nephew-in-law at the helm as a top cop.
Thailand has nothing to do with the late Gen. Hok Lundy's death, instead, Cambodia should blame Prime Minister Hun Sen who has meticulously orchestrated the plan behind Gen. Lundy's death. All Cambodian people know it, but they're feared of reprisal to say anything.
Hun Sen is fully protected by Buddha 24/7. He needn't worry about anything.
ROUM RITH Qu'importe la main qui tue HOK LUNDY mais ce que je sais UNE CHOSE cette vaste organisation planifié par HOK LUNDY sur ordre cde ses freres du Vietnam mais au moins cette réseau cette plainification d'occupation est momentanément désorganisée Si les Thai ont programmeés ce sabotage tant mieux MOI DE SANG KHMER JE RAISONNE AINSI L'ENNEMI DE MES ENNEMIS SONT MES AMIS
hun sen is so scared of dying. just loot at how many bodyguards he has. he will die of cancer or snake bite in own home soon.
4:03 PM
thank you
my wish is granted
Anyone who is protected by Buddha 24/7 does not need to cower behind an army of bodyguards for protection. They would not fear the storm, the lightning, or the assassination. They would not need a bullet-proof limousine or a helicopter with anti-missile capability. But these protections won't last for a lifetime, and it's just a matter of time before the crook in body-armour drops dead like his in-law.
And, yes, any knowledgeable analysts would point a finger at PM Hun Sen as the only suspect behind Hok Lundy's death. The helicopter was most likely hit by a couple of well-aimed RPGs just before it landed. As it was an inner-circle assassination, no innocent SRP supporters were needed to be framed to take the blame as it would attract the international attention to conduct a truly professional investigation into this helicopter crash to determine the actual cause.
Thailand would not need to assassinate Hok Lundy, as his existence alone would weaken Cambodia and keep bad news on the front page to scare potential tourists from Cambodia. The CIA, Chinese, Korean, or Vietnamese Intelligence would have the resources to do that any time, but he was just an insignificant target for their attention anyway. It's an internal affair, therefore, there is only one person left with sufficient resources to do something like that. It's just a typical power struggle at the top, and the winner takes all. Is Hok Lundy's daughter still available?
អាហ៊ីង អាហុក និង អាហោ
អាហ៊ីង (ប៊ុនហ៊ាង) មេចោរប្លន់ដីរាស្រ្ត
អាហ៊ុន មេឆ្កែយួនកញ្ជះ, អាត្រូវរន្ទះបាញ់ដូចគ្នា!
មិនយូរ មិនឆាប់ គង់វិនាស
លិចទូក រន្ទះ ឡានបុកវា
ព្រលឹងវិលវល់ តាមចងពៀរ
នេះជាកម្មពៀរ អាក្បត់ជាតិ
អាពាលហេង ពៅ នៅដេកគុក
ចំណែកអាហុក ងាប់តៃហោង
អាហ៊ុន, អាហ៊ីង, អាហោ ជាមេខ្លោង
នឹងងាប់តៃហោង ឆ្នាំក្រោយហ៎ង... សាធុ... សាធុ... សាធុ...
A Dump A Hok Lundy not die yet, now he in Khmer Kampuchea Krom as today known by South Yuon/Vietnam, the top polictical not easy die, as A Hok Lundy so cruel Hun Sen may talk to him that just do something said you are die before put bom that Helicopter landing put a Hok Lundy or Nguyen Van Son down first after A Hok Lundy or Nguyen Van Son down and pass the border to the Land of Khmer Kampuchea Krom first and the bom will start and now A Hok Lundy god a lot of monies but he can't live free as before and he will have a lot budyguard to protecting him in Vietnam, from real Cambodian Victim Australia.
I bought the best champagne read for celebrate Hun Xen's death!!!
We will make the bog party for Ah Hund Xen's death!!!!
Party,Patry,....
Does any of you smart arse here on KI-Media know why Hun Sen, as per Hanoi's order, got that bloody HOK LUNDY out of the picture? Awaiting your smart arse's response(s)...
អក
Look like Hun Sen started to bite his children. Not a good sign!
Hun Sen will be killed by his copter crashed just like Hok Lundi.
BAAB'KAMM! BAAB'KAMM! BAAB'KAMM!
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