The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has requested provinces and cities to actively and closely monitor weather developments to be ready for any emergency.
The tropical depression may directly affect the northern and central areas of the East Sea, including the waters around the Hoàng Sa archipelago and the Gulf of Tonkin around June 23-25, reported the agency.
Heavy rains that began on Thursday evening were triggered by a tropical low-pressure system that formed in the East Sea earlier Thursday, said the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.
Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been named among the 10 most affordable tropical destinations to visit around the world, according to travel experts from Travel+Leisure magazine of the United States.
