Storm Molave, considered to be the most powerful storm to hit Vietnam over the past 20 years, has made landfall in the country's central provinces of Quang Nam and Quang Ngai, the VnExpress online newspaper reported on Wednesday, adding that 26 fishermen went missing

The number of people killed as a result of heavy rains and ensuing floods in Vietnam has grown to 23, the Vietnamese state news agency VNA reported on Tuesday

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