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Japan has delivered two more ships to Vietnam that will be refurbished into patrol boats. The ships, which arrived in the port city of Da Nang, are the second delivery of a 2014 deal in which Tokyo is to provide Vietnam with six used fishing vessels that will be converted into patrol boats for Vietnam's coast guard in the South China Sea.
2015-11-3

Typhoon Koppu (Lando) makes landfall in northern Luzon in the Philippines with forecasters warning it could stay in the area for several days. Thousands of people have been evacuated or are stranded.
2015-10-18

Koppu strengthens to a typhoon ahead of threatening lives and properties in the Philippines island of Luzon over the weekend.
2015-10-16

At least nine people are dead as Typhoon Mujigae hits southern China in the midst of the country's weeklong National Day holiday. Mujigae also generates several strong tornadoes and leaves dozens of fishermen missing. Nearly 200,000 people had been evacuated before the storm made landfall. Neighboring Guangxi Zhuang region orders 12,700 fishing boats and 35,400 offshore workers to return to port.
2015-10-5

Typhoon Goni kills two people in the Philippines with thousands of people evacuated in the Philippines and Taiwan.
2015-08-21

Typhoon Soudelor (Hanna) strengthens to the strongest storm of 2015; it is expected to be equivalent to a Category 3 or Category 4 hurricane when it hits Taiwan.
2015-08-5

Typhoon Chan-hom (Falcon) hits the Philippines with two people killed and two people injured.
2015-07-8

Thousands of people are evacuated from the Philippines island of Luzon ahead of Typhoon Noul (Dodong).
2015-05-9

A bus carrying 31 passengers, while crossing the Truc Khe Bridge that was under repair in Cam Lộ (Quảng Trị, Viet Nam), falls into a river, leaving 17 passengers injured.
2013-08-8

McDonald's announces that it will open its first outlet in Viet Nam early next year, which will be in Ho Chi Minh City, and will be operated by Henry Nguyen, a Vietnamese businessman and the son-in-law of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
2013-07-16