This is the eighth storm to hit the East Sea this year.

The National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting warned that by 10am on December 26, the typhoon was about 470km east of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago’s Song Tu Tay Island.

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The developments of the typhoon Phanfone. 

It is slowly moving west-northwest at 10 km per hour. The typhoon has caused rough seas in the central part of the East Sea.

The Central Steering Committees for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control held a meeting with relevant agencies in Hanoi on December 26 morning to direct measures to respond to the typhoon.

Earlier, typhoon Phanfone left at least 16 people dead in the Philippines after the monster storm roared ashore on Christmas Day.

Source: VNA