On the first tier,Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces and five municipalities under the command of the central government. Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam. Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to the provinces.
Phong Nha-KẻBàng is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the BốTrạch and Minh Hóa districts of central Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam,about 500 km south of Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno National Park in Khammouane Province,Laos to the west and 42 km east of the East sea from its borderline point. Phong Nha-KẻBàng National Park is in a limestone zone of 2,000 km2 in Vietnamese territory and borders another limestone zone of 2,000 km2 of Hin Namno in Laotian territory. The core zone of this national park covers 857.54 km2 and a buffer zone of 1,954 km2.
Thái Bình is a coastal eastern province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. Its name is chữHán (太平) for "great peace." It is about 18 km from Nam Định,70 km from Haiphong,and 110 km from Hanoi. As of 2021,it had a population 2,196,442.
Quy Nhon is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of 286 km2 (110 sq mi). Quy Nhon is the capital of Bình Định province. As of 2022 its population was 481.110. Historically,the commercial activities of the city focused on agriculture and fishing. In recent years,however,there has been a significant shift towards service industries and tourism. There is also a substantial manufacturing sector.
Quảng Bình is a southern coastal province in the North Central Coast region,the Central of Vietnam. It borders HàTĩnh to the north, Quảng Trị to the south, Khammouane of Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east.
Hải Dương is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương,an industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The city is at the midpoint between the capital Hanoi and the major port Haiphong,and is part of the Northern Key Economic Zone. In 2019,Hai Duong city had a population of 241,373.
In Vietnam,South Central Coast and South Central Region are two terms which can refer to the same region or two regions that do not correspond to each other. South Central Coast consists of the independent municipality of ĐàNẵng and seven other provinces,which means South Central Coast doesn't include Central Highlands. Nevertheless,the term "South Central Region" can also be used to include Central Highlands as it is part of southern part of Central Vietnam.
Đồng Hới is the capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the north central coast of Vietnam. The city's area is 155.71 km2 (60.12 sq mi). Population as per the 2019 census was 133,672. It is served by National Highway 1A,the Đồng Hới Railway Station,and airport. By road,Đồng Hới is 486 kilometres (302 mi) south of Hanoi,195 kilometres (121 mi) south of Vinh,160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Huếand 1,204 kilometres (748 mi) north of HồChíMinh City. It borders Quảng Ninh District on the west and south,the South China Sea on the east,BốTrạch District on the north.
Dong Hoi Airport is an airport located in Loc Ninh commune,6 km (3.7 mi) north of Đồng Hới city,capital of Quảng Bình Province,in North Central Coast of Vietnam,about 500 km (310 mi) southeast of Hanoi by road. The facilities cover 173 ha,on a sandy area,by the coast of South China Sea. The runway approaches near the seashore and nearly parallel to the Highway 1. The airport,like all civil airports in Vietnam,is owned and operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
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.
The North–South railway is the principal railway line serving the country of Vietnam. It is a single-track metre gauge line connecting the capital Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south,for a total length of 1,726 km (1,072 mi). Trains travelling this line are sometimes referred to as the Reunification Express,although no particular train carries this name officially. The line was established during French colonial rule,and was completed over a period of nearly forty years,from 1899 to 1936. As of 2005,191 of Vietnam's 278 railway stations were located along the North–South line.
Hoàng Diệu,born Hoàng Kim Tích (黃金錫),courtesy name Quang Viễn,was a Nguyễn dynasty Governor-general of Hà- Ninh,who suicided after failure in protecting HàNội citadel.
The November 2016 Vietnam tropical depression caused heavy flooding throughout central and southern Vietnam. Forming out from a low-pressure system on November 3,the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began monitoring it as a tropical depression. With favorable conditions aloft and an increase of organization,the JMA predicted that it had a chance of becoming a tropical storm while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in the same time issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on November 4. Due to its proximity to land and a circulation displaced from the deep convection,both the JMA and the JTWC canceled their warnings as it made landfall over in Southern Vietnam. The system continued moving westward over land and the JMA stopped tracking on the system on November 6.
The October 2017 Vietnam tropical depression,also known officially by its designation as Tropical Depression 23W,was a weak but deadly system that brought torrential rainfall and extreme flooding over northern and central Vietnam in October 2017. The depression formed on October 7,located to the northwest of Luzon,Philippines. The system moved in a general westward direction as it steadily intensified. Despite being forecast to strengthen into a tropical storm,23W failed to reach this intensity,due to lack of organization as it made landfall in HàTĩnh Province on October 10.
In 2018,Vietnam was struck by several different deadly floods.
Vietnam was hit by several floods in 2019.
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.
Tropical Storm Koguma was a weak tropical cyclone that made landfall in Vietnam,causing minor damage. The fourth named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season,the system was first noted as an area of persistent convection on the South China Sea on June 10,with the JTWC assessing the system in its first advisory as a monsoon depression. Tracking west-northwestward,marginally conductive environmental conditions in the area allowed slight intensification while drifting towards Hainan Island. On the next day,the JMA upgraded the system to a tropical depression as it passed to the south of the territory before the agency upgraded the system to a tropical storm on June 12,being assigned the name Koguma. The JTWC;however still treated the system as a tropical depression until 12:00 UTC that day. It continued to move northwest over the warm waters of the Gulf of Tonkin,eventually making landfall in Vietnam over Thanh Hóa by the end of the same day,rapidly weakening afterward.
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.
Typhoon Yagi,known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Enteng,was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Asia and South China in early September 2024. Yagi,which means goat or the constellation of Capricornus in Japanese,was the eleventh named storm,the first violent typhoon of the season,and the first Category 5 storm of the annual typhoon season. It was one of the most intense typhoons ever to strike Northern Vietnam,the strongest typhoon to strike Hainan during the meteorological autumn,and the strongest since Rammasun in 2014. It is one of the four Category 5 super typhoons recorded in the South China Sea,alongside Pamela in 1954,Rammasun in 2014 and Rai in 2021.
