Huế is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huếprovince in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam,located near the center of Vietnam. The original site was a Cham city known as Kandarpapura and later as Amarendrapura and was the capital of the Champa Kingdom from 192 to 605. Following the conquest of city in 1307 by Vietnam,it was renamed to Huế. Huếwas the capital of Đàng Trong from 1738 to 1775 and of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The city served as the old Imperial City and administrative capital for the Nguyễn dynasty and later functioned as the administrative capital of the protectorate of Annam during the French Indochina period. It contains a UNESCO-designated site,the Complex of HuếMonuments,which is a popular tourist attraction. Alongside its moat and thick stone walls the complex encompasses the Imperial City of Huế,with palaces and shrines;the Forbidden Purple City,once the emperor's home;and a replica of the Royal Theater.
Quảng Nam is a coastal province near northernmost part of the South Central Coast region,the Central of Vietnam. It borders Thừa Thiên Huếto the north,ĐàNẵng to the northeast,Kon Tum to the southwest,Quảng Ngãi to the southeast,Sekong of Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east.
Thừa Thiên Huế is a southernmost coastal province in the North Central Coast region,the Central of Vietnam,approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng Trịto the north,Quảng Nam and ĐàNẵng to the south,Salavan of Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east.
Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the geographic regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces in northern part of Central Vietnam:Thanh Hóa,NghệAn,HàTĩnh,Quảng Bình,Quảng Trị,Thừa Thiên–Huế. The last two provinces were the northernmost provinces of State of Vietnam and South Vietnam until Reunification of Vietnam in 1976. In the Nguyễn dynasty,this area was known as Hữu Trực Kỳ.
Typhoon Xangsane,known in the Philippines as Typhoon Milenyo,was a typhoon that affected the Philippines,Vietnam,and Thailand during the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. The name Xangsane was submitted by Laos and means elephant.
Typhoon Durian,known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Reming,was a deadly tropical cyclone that wreaked havoc in the Philippines and later crossed the Malay Peninsula in late November 2006,causing massive loss of life when mudflows from the Mayon Volcano buried many villages.
Nam Đông is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huếprovince in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 22,333. The district covers an area of 651 km². The district capital lies at Khe Tre.
Phong Điền is a rural district of Thừa Thiên Huếprovince in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003,the district had a population of 105,017. The district covers an area of 954 km2. The district capital lies at Phong Điền.
Thuận Hóa was a historic territory in central Vietnam. It consisted of the modern provinces of southern Quảng Bình,Quảng Trị,and Thừa Thiên–Huế,Danang and northern Quảng Nam.
The Katuic people are an ethnic group of about 102,551 who live in eastern Laos and central Vietnam. Numbered among the Katuic peoples,they speak a Mon-Khmer language. Katuic languages have been developed by Paul Sidwell,but Sidwell's work is not commonly used in Katuic communities due to language barriers.
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc is a Vietnamese former politician who served as the 11th President of Vietnam from 2021 until his resignation from all state posts in 2023 amidst a series of corruption scandals. He also was the 7th Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2016 until 2021 and served as a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam for 3 terms from 2011 until his resignation in 2023.
Typhoon Wutip,known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Paolo,was a moderate,Category-3 typhoon that affected Vietnam,Laos,and Thailand. The nineteenth named storm and the fifth typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season. Wutip formed off the coast of Luzon on September 27,2013. Being inside PAR,PAGASA named the disturbance Paolo which replaced the name Pepeng. JTWC later gave the identifier Tropical Depression 20W. Moving west-southwestward,the system intensified into a tropical storm,assigning the name Wutip. Wutip reached its peak intensity of a Category-3 major typhoon. On September 30,the storm made landfall on the provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue province of Vietnam,including Quang Binh the center of the storm.
Tropical Depression 18W was a tropical depression that impacted Vietnam,Laos and Thailand during mid September 2013. The system was first noted as a tropical depression on September 16,2013,while it was located within the South China Sea to the south east of Hanoi in Vietnam. Over the next two days the system gradually developed further,before it was reported by the Vietnamese National Centre for Hydro Meteorological Forecasting that the system had developed into their eighth tropical storm of 2013. However,other meteorological agencies did not report that the system had developed into a tropical storm.
Typhoon Doksuri,known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Maring,was a strong Category 2 typhoon that mostly impacted the Philippines and Vietnam during mid-September 2017. Forming as the nineteenth named storm of the season,Doksuri developed as a weak tropical depression over to the east of Visayas on September 10.
Since mid-June,fires have been reported in NghệAn Province with several more occurring in the communes of Hương Tràand Hương Thủy in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huếthat have spread across over 100 hectares of pine and acacia trees. Other forest fires have been reported in Vietnamese central provinces and cities,from ĐàNẵng to HàTĩnh that has posed a threat to the 500kV transmission line in the area,forcing the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to cut electricity distribution.
Nguyễn Văn Man was a major general of the People's Army of Vietnam and a politician. He held the position of Deputy Commander of the 4th Military Region of Vietnam People's Army,National Assembly deputy term 14 2016-2021 term of the National Assembly delegation of Quảng Bình Province,member of the National Defense and Security Committee and security of the 14th National Assembly. He was previously the Chief of the Military Command of Quang Binh Province.
The 2020 Central Vietnam floods were a series of floods in Central Vietnam,which also affected some areas in Cambodia and Laos in October and early November 2020. The floods focused heavily in several provinces including Thừa Thiên Huế,HàTĩnh,Quảng Bình,Quảng Trị,and Quảng Ngãi. The floods were mainly caused by the seasonal monsoon,though enhanced by numerous tropical cyclones.
In November 1964,the quick succession of three typhoons—Iris,Joan,and Kate—caused widespread flooding in Vietnam. Constituting part of a very active typhoon season,the three typhoons made landfalls in South Vietnam within a 12-day period. The floods occurred against the backdrop of the escalating Vietnam War. Hardest-hit were the central provinces of South Vietnam where the storms moved ashore. Approximately 7,000 people were killed and over a million people were displaced by the storms as floods inundated over 20,000 km2 (7,500 mi2) of land. An estimated 54,000 homes were destroyed.
Tropical Storm Linfa was a weak,short-lived but deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that was the twelfth wettest tropical cyclone on record and the second of nine tropical cyclones in a row to strike Vietnam in 2020,a little under a month after the less damaging Tropical Storm Noul. The fifteenth named storm of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season,Linfa originated from a tropical depression which formed just to the west of the Philippines on October 6. After passing through the island nation,the storm emerged into the South China Sea and slowly gained strength,earning the name Linfa on October 10 on approach to Vietnam. On the next day,Linfa had reached peak strength and made landfall in Vietnam,marking the beginning of a devastating series of floods in the country and worsening the already active monsoon season. Linfa quickly dissipated as it moved inland,but associated thunderstorms continued for several days.
Vietnam is a southeast Asian country,and is the easternmost country of mainland Southeast Asia. It borders the East 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.
