To proactively respond to the tropical depression that is likely to strengthen into storm No. 4 , the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just issued a dispatch requesting agencies and units in the industry to organize 24/7 duty and strictly implement the storm and tropical depression response procedures in civil aviation activities.

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The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam requires airlines to monitor the development of the tropical depression to adjust flight schedules accordingly.

Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation needs to strengthen the work of ensuring the quality of meteorological information; continuously monitor the weather situation in the area of responsibility, update forecasts and warnings, as well as provide timely and complete monitoring, forecasting and warning information to users.

Airports, airlines, and flight safety service providers need to strengthen coordination and closely monitor the development of the tropical depression to have plans to adjust flight plans or change flight schedules accordingly in some localities directly affected and ensure safety for flight operations.

In addition, fully update meteorological information from relevant aviation meteorological agencies and base on the actual situation to deploy necessary response actions, minimize impacts on operations, ensure flight safety, protect people and assets of the unit from natural disasters.

Airport authorities are required to supervise the implementation of response measures at relevant airports, ensure smooth communication with the Command Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, relevant agencies and units within their scope of responsibility to deploy response measures in all situations.

According to the 11am news today (September 17), the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that the tropical depression has moved to the East Sea. It is forecasted that in the next 24 hours, the tropical depression will strengthen into storm No. 4 (level 8), moving mainly in a westerly direction, reaching the sea area of Hoang Sa archipelago and changing direction to the West-Northwest.

Experts say the storm is most likely to move into the sea area from Thanh Hoa to Quang Nam (about 70%); there is a possibility of it moving completely to the northern area of the Gulf of Tonkin and a possibility of moving down to the South Central Coast, but the probability is low (less than 15%).