This afternoon, a tropical depression entered the South China Sea, with the potential to strengthen into a typhoon tomorrow, posing no threat to Vietnam's mainland.
Typhoon Wipha, with maximum sustained winds of 88 km/h, a category 9 storm, entered the South China Sea early this morning and is forecast to strengthen further, heading towards the Gulf of Tonkin.
On the morning of 4/7, a low-pressure area in the northern South China Sea intensified into a tropical depression, forecast not to affect Vietnam's mainland.