India, Aug. 25 -- Vietnam has issued a sweeping alert with airports closed, and thousands of residents being evacuated as the country braces for Typhoon Kajiki - expected to hit the northeast with damaging winds and storm surges. Major flight services like Vietnam Airlines and VietJet are making significant changes to their domestic timetables, forcing widespread travel disruptions and cancellations at key airports.

"This is an extremely dangerous, fast-moving storm," the government said in a statement issued on August 24, 2025, warning that Kajiki would bring heavy rains, flooding, and landslides. On the same day, more than a dozen domestic flights across Vietnam were cancelled. Across the water in China's Hainan Island, about 20,000 re...