UPDATE 1-Vietnam ready to evacuate 1.3 mln people as typhoon approaches

* Molave arrival latest test in torrid month for Vietnam
* Floods, landslides in Philippines, no casualties reported
* Vietnam PM puts military on standby
* Search underway for 12 Filipino fishermen

(Recast with Vietnam's preparation for typhoon, changes
dateline)
By Khanh Vu and Neil Jerome Morales
HANOI/MANILA, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Vietnam is preparing to
evacuate nearly 1.3 million people as it braces for the impact
of typhoon Molave, which lashed the Philippines overnight
causing flooding, landslides and leaving at least a dozen
fishermen missing on Monday.
Typhoon Molave, with wind speeds of 125 kilometre (77 miles)
per hour and gusts of up to 150 kph, left the main Philippine
island of Luzon earlier on Monday, with heavy rain causing seven
landslides and floods in 11 areas, the disaster agency said.
There were no reports of casualties, but 12 fishermen at sea
failed to return to Catanduanes province off the country's
eastern coast.
Molave, the 17th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year,
is forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam on Wednesday,
with wind speeds of up to 135 kph.
It will be the fourth storm to hit Vietnam in a tumultuous
month during which floods and landslides have killed 130 people
and left 20 missing in the central region.
Vietnam is prone to destructive storms and flooding due to
its long coastline.
"This is a very strong typhoon that will impact a large
area," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in an urgent warning
to provinces and cities in Molave's path to prepare.
Phuc compared Molave to Typhoon Damrey, which killed more
than 100 people in central Vietnam in 2017. He ordered boats
ashore and told the security forces to get ready.
"Troops must deploy full force to support people, including
mobilising helicopters, tanks and other means of transportation
if needed," Phuc said in a statement.
About 11.8 million people in Vietnam's costal provinces are
exposed to the threat of intense flooding, with 35% of
settlements located on crowded and eroding coastlines, a World
Bank report said last week.