Over 20,000 cattle in Lao Cai Province may die this year if there are strong cold spells as only three quarters of the farmers have animal sheds.

The reported cold spell has covered the whole of the North, causing temperatures to plunge with several places having recorded extreme cold on the morning of November 19.

 Chicago residents are a hearty bunch. They know how to keep things moving when the weather turns cold.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rain has been forecast across the country with the central region expected to take the brunt for the next two days.

As Tet draws near, most peach trees are, thankfully, not blooming early - thanks to the cold. With more than 10 days to go to the Year of the Dog, ornamental wholesalers are rushing to peach-blossom gardens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is cold at night and in early morning with lower temperature. However, at noon and late afternoon, it is as warm as in summer. It seems to experience all four seasons in one day.

Cold weather along with bands of medium to heavy rains has swept through most of northern Vietnam with temperatures plummeting to near zero in several mountainous areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to weather forecast agencies, this year the temperature may be a record high in the summer and the North will no longer have severe cold spells.

The Phu La ethnic minority people in Nam Sang village, Nam Sai commune - one of the poorest communes in the district of Sapa, Lao Cai province are suffering from the terrible cold, which repeats after decades.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "I am not an ambitious person. I simply know there are many homeless people who have very difficult lives, as well as many extremely poor people and many orphans.

VietNamNet Bridge - The cold air is weakening, making the temperature in northern Vietnam gradually increase this week.

The one-week prolonged cold weather has no sign of ending as in the next two days, another enhanced cold air is coming. The average temperature is forecast at 11-14 degrees Celsius and only 7-10 degrees Celsius in the mountains.

 Temperatures of around 10 Celsius degrees have been associated with a higher-than-usual number of elderly people and children requiring treatment for respiratory and cardiovascular-related diseases in recent days, doctors say.

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