Vietnam has closed airports and evacuated thousands of people in areas under storm threat, as intensifying Typhoon Bualoi barrelled towards the country, days after causing at least 10 deaths and widespread flooding in the Philippines.

The typhoon was generating winds of up to 133 kph on Sunday and was forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam early on Monday morning local time, slowing as it nears the coast, state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

Vietnam's weather agency said Bualoi was expected to make landfall between the Quang Tri and Nghe An provinces.

"This is a rapidly moving storm — nearly twice the average speed — with strong intensity and a broad area of impact," the national weather forecast agency said.

" It is capable of triggering multiple natural disasters simultane

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