Hcm city weather forecast

  Thick haze shrouds downtown HCM City early Tuesday morning. VNS Photo Gia Lộc  HCM CITY Meteorologists are debating the cause of the thick fog that has blanketed HCM City and some southern provinces in recent days, which has triggered concerns of residents about worsening air quality. Smog has covered a wide area of the city, especially in the area adjacent to the Sài Gòn River of Bình Thạnh, District 1 and 2, since early Saturday morning.  Poor visibility was reported as buildings could not be clearly seen from further than 100 metres at 10am. The air quality index (AQI) was measured between 111 and 153 on September 20-22 by AirVisual, levels which have bad impacts on human health. The AQI measured 128 and 132 on September 23 and 24 respectively. Southern provinces such as Bình Thuận and Cà Mau reportedly suffered the same situation. Hồ Quốc Bằng, head of the air pollution and climate change office at … [Read more...] about Meteorologists debate cause of fog in HCM City

    Cao Trung Sơn, director of the Centre for Natural Resources and Environment Monitoring (under the HCM Department of Natural Resources and Environment), on Tuesday spoke at a press conference about air pollution in the city.  Though HCM City People’s Committee has planned since 2016 to create an automatic weather monitoring system, the project has been delayed for a number of reasons. As a result, the city has to update information about air quality through service firms that do the task manually. The weather monitoring process is carried out twice per day at certain times across 34 locations in designated residential areas, industrial parks and transportation routes, among other spots. Information recorded is sent to laboratories for further analysis. Final results are updated on the centre’s website, but they are not done in real time and are usually behind … [Read more...] about Manual weather monitoring delays information exchange

  Police and army officers repair a roof wrecked by tropical storm Podul in the central province of Hà Tĩnh. Some 700 houses and schools were damaged in the two northern provinces of Yên Bái and Phú Thọ as of last night. VNS Photo Hoàng Hà HÀ NỘI A tropical depression is likely to appear next week and may turn into the fifth storm to hit the East Sea this year after tropical storm Podul struck Việt Nam yesterday. The information was revealed by Trần Quang Năng, head of the Weather Forecast Office of the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting during a meeting yesterday of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. "Initial observations show the storm will be highly unpredictable, it’s probably forming right in the East Sea right now and will come to Việt Nam from the Philippines," he said. “Northern localities in Việt Nam may see … [Read more...] about Tropical storm Podul weakens after hitting central localities

Vietnam to attend Military World Games in China Lieutenant General Vu Van Sy, chief of the military training bureau under the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, talks to an athlete at the meeting A Vietnamese military sports delegation will attend the 7th CISM (International Military Sports Council) World Games 2019 in Wuhan, China from October 16-27. At the event, Vietnam will compete in athletics, gymnastics, shooting, wrestling, boxing, tennis and swimming. Speaking at a meeting with athletes before they left for the event on October 14, Lieutenant General Vu Van Sy, Chief of the military training bureau under the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, said that the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism always pay special attention to military sports movement. He reminded athletes to abide by competition rules, strictly follow the management regulations of the Vietnam People’s … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 17

A river in Bac Lieu province has begun to dry up due to a lack of water. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Immediate measures and long-term plans should be implemented quickly to help provinces in the Mekong Delta cope with drought and saline intrusion, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh has said. Thanh has asked the ministry’s Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological  Administration to improve the monitoring of water flows and salinity rates in the delta’s coastal provinces and cities. “They need to improve the quality of the forecasting systems and provide detailed assessment of impacts of natural disasters, drought and saltwater intrusion on industries such as agriculture and water supply systems,” he said. Thanh said the meteorological administration, the ministry’s other functional units and the Mekong River … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta needs urgent measures to prevent drought, saline intrusion