Vietnam authorities are planning to evacuate 1.1 million people from the impact area of the Noul tropical storm, which is moving from the South China Sea, the government said on Thursday

Tropical Storm Noul, raging over the South China Sea, may intensify into a hurricane in the next 24 hours and hit both central Vietnam and northeastern Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department said on Thursday

Vietnam has resumed transport communication, including air traffic, with the city of Da Nang on Monday following the epidemiological situation in the resort city being taken under control, the government said