As of 1 p.m., the center of the tropical depression was located over Guangxi Province, according to Vietnam's National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
It was packing maximum sustained winds of 61 kilometers per hour, with gusts reaching 88 kph, and was moving north-northeast at around 10 kph.
Forecasters said the system would continue tracking northeast over the next 12 hours while gradually weakening into a low-pressure area before dissipating. It is no longer expected to have any direct impact on Vietnam.
A seawall and retaining wall in the Mui Ngoc area, Quang Ninh were toppled by strong waves and typhoon-force winds. Photo by VnExpress/Vu Khuyen
Maysak was the first storm to form over the East Sea this year. It developed from a tropical depression over waters northwest of the Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) Special Zone and strengthened into a typhoon in the early hours of Friday, with sustained winds of 62-88 kph and gusts up to 117 kph.
