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About eight to ten storms and tropical depressions are forecast to appear in the East Vietnam Sea from now until February, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHF) as reporting. Among them, three to five will directly affect the Vietnamese mainland, according to Nguyen Van Huong, an official of the NCHF. In October and November, the rain volume in southern and central Vietnam will be higher than the average of previous years, with heavy downpours forecast to occur frequently, Huong continued. Southern provinces are expected to be dampened by unseasonal rains in the first few months of 2023. Meanwhile, temperatures in northern localities during the first months of this year’s winter will be lower than preceding years due to the influence of strong cold fronts. The cold snaps will result in waves as high as two to four meters along the coastal strip from northern Quang Ninh Province to southern Ca Mau Province. The … [Read more...] about Up to 5 storms to affect Vietnam’s mainland until early 2023

The platform comprises the two websites geodata-stnmt.tphcm.gov.vn and esb-stnmt.tphcm.gov.vn to store a total 450 resource and environmental data files of the whole city, including information on subdivision, land area, zoning plans, land use purposes and land subsidence, Bui Hong Son, director of the information-technology center under the Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced Wednesday. "This platform is similar to Google Maps, and businesses and citizens can use data from it, like ride-hailing firms use Google’s remote sensing data for their services," he said. Son said before the platform was launched, anyone that needs to get access to such data had to send a report to the department to ask for permission and wait for approval. Now with this platform, people can access information online for free while state agencies will be provided with accounts to download files if required. Deputy Chairman of Binh Tan District Vu Chi Kien said in the past two … [Read more...] about HCMC launches online land data platform