Cold weather vs hot weather

Rains in northern and southern Vietnam are expected to decrease in intensity but will persist until the end of the month, while hot weather has begun to affect the central region. Rainfall in northern provinces will drop to between 20 and 50 millimeters on Wednesday, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to continue dampening the region over the next days. It will be more likely to rain in the evening, the center added. Localities in southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands will also experience similar weather patterns from May 25 to 29. The rains may be accompanied by thunderstorms, gusts, and hail, and pose risks of flash floods, landslides, and flooding in certain areas. Meanwhile, hot weather has already appeared in some areas in central Vietnam. Showers will still be recorded in the localities from central Da Nang to south-central Binh Thuan Province on Wednesday evening. In the remaining … [Read more...] about Rains to persist in northern, southern Vietnam until end of month

A landslide triggered by heavy rain in northern mountainous Tuyên Quang Province. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — At least five people died and five others were injured after heavy rain and flooding hit the northern and northern-central regions over the past few days, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Four people lost their lives in flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the mountainous provinces of Điện Biên, Tuyên Quang and Hòa Bình. One person in central Quảng Ngãi Province died after being struck by lightining. 317 houses were destroyed in the localities. Over 19,200ha of rice and crops, 421.6ha of aquaculture farms and nearly 7,000 animals and poultry were either inundated or swept away. Prolong heavy rain and flooding caused landslides on 30,789cu.m of soil and rock on many national highways. Authorities of localities are directing agencies to help local people cope with the floods and gradually recover. … [Read more...] about Heavy rain and flooding kill five, injure five

The dam at the Tam Dao golf course in the northern Vietnamese province of Vinh Phuc broke on Tuesday morning following heavy rains, inundating several households and causing serious damage, a local official said. Rainwater overflowed the dam before it gave way and sent a torrent downhill, damaging several houses, Tran Van Binh, chairman of Hop Chau Town in Vinh Phuc’s Tam Dao District, where the golf course is located, said on Tuesday afternoon. Binh attributed the broken dam to backfilling a part of the dam for the construction of the Tam Dao golf course and the dam management unit’s failure to release water in time following downpours. This is the second time the Tam Dao golf course’s dam has broken, with the first being in 2008. Tuesday was the second consecutive day of intense rains in different parts of Tam Dao District, leading to water levels rising in many local lakes and dams, thereby posing a high risk of dam breakages and flooding, according to the local People’s … [Read more...] about Golf course dam failure leads to flooded households in northern Vietnam

Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted Tuesday that the new AirPods would be mass produced in Vietnam from the second half of this year. "The shift in AirPods Pro 2 production can be attributed to the relatively uncomplicated supply chain and Vietnam’s better production environment (such as infrastructure and workforce) vs. most countries outside China." But he said that since the product introduction process of the device is still on in China, it is not easy to establish a complete non-China production site. Apple has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China, citing Beijing’s strict anti-Covid policy among other reasons, the Wall Street Journal reported last week. India and Vietnam, already sites for a small portion of Apple’s global production, are among the countries getting a closer look from the company as alternatives to China, it said, citing people involved in the discussions. Apple had been seeking to diversify … [Read more...] about Apple could get AirPods Pro 2 made in Vietnam: report