Vietnam has ordered more than half a million people to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki barrels towards the country with gales as strong as 100 miles per hour.

Vietnam has shut down airports, closed schools, and initiated mass evacuations as it prepares for the most powerful storm so far this year. Typhoon Kajiki was packing winds of up to 166 kph (103 mph) as it approached Vietnam's central coast and was forecast to grow stronger before making landfall on Monday afternoon,

Vietnam announced plans to evacuate more than half a million people and ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public transport on Sunday as both braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.