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The storm made landfall with winds of up to 90 km / h, the latest in a series to hit Vietnam for the past six weeks.
Storm Vamco has entered Vietnam, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people after causing devastation in the Philippines.
The storm made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour (56 mph), according to media reports, uprooting trees and blowing up the roofs of homes and schools.
Vamco is the latest in a series of storms to hit Vietnam over the past six weeks, causing floods and landslides that have killed at least 159 people, while another 70 have disappeared.
Initial reports from the Disaster Management Authority on Sunday said five people were injured while trying to secure their homes.
Vamco has weakened since it hit the Philippines like a typhoon, with winds of up to 155 km / h (100 mph), but state media said it still caused significant damage, although details were not immediately available.
Vamco is the latest in a series of storms to hit Vietnam [Reuters]
Authorities evacuated nearly 650,000 people from seven coastal provinces to higher and safer terrain before the storm struck to try to reduce casualties.
Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong told the VNExpress news website that he hoped the precautions would minimize the impact of the storm.
Damage from Vamco was severe in the Philippines, with the storm causing flooding that affected more than 340,000 people.
Philippine authorities said Sunday that the death toll had risen to 67, although flooding is now subsiding, raising hope that the worst is over.
In Vietnam, weeks of bad weather have damaged or destroyed more than 400,000 homes, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Roads and bridges have been destroyed, power supplies disrupted and crucial food crops destroyed, leaving at least 150,000 people at immediate risk of food shortages.
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