By 4 pm local time on Wednesday, one of the low-pressure systems was 160 kilometres east south-east of the coast of Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces, packing winds of between 40 and 60 km per hour and gusts of around 80km an hour. As a result, the south of Vietnam is forecast to be hit by heavy rains until the end of Thursday, with average rainfall estimated at between 100 and 150 millimetres. In addition, the second tropical depression, which formed east of the Philippines' Palawan Island, is predicted to pick up strength and become a storm before entering Vietnamese waters by Thursday morning. It is likely that the second tropical depression will develop into a typhoon and head toward south-central or central Vietnam, causing adverse weather conditions for the APEC Economic leaders' week taking place in Da Nang city next week.
