Authorities in Vietnam prepared to move a million people from low-lying areas along the south coast today as typhoon Tembin approached after it battered the Philippines with floods and landslides that killed around 240 people. <br/><br/>The Typhoon is expected to slam into Vietnam later today after bringing misery to Philippines just before Christmas. <br/><br/>Vietnam's disaster prevention committee said, 74,000 people had been moved to safety from vulnerable areas, while authorities in 15 provinces and cities were prepared to move more than 1 million.<br/><br/>The government ordered that oil rigs and vessels be protected and it warned that about 62,000 fishing boats should not venture out to sea.<br/><br/>Schools were ordered to close in the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City today.<br/><br/>Vietnam, like the Philippines, is regularly battered by typhoons that form over the warm waters of the Pacific and barrel westwards into land. <br/><br/>Typhoon Tembin will be the 16th major storm to hit Vietnam this year. <br/>'''