Coldness causes damages to paddies, cattle in N Vietnam_English_Xinhua

Coldness causes damages to paddies, cattle in N Vietnam
www.chinaview.cn 2008-02-12 16:27:51

HANOI, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Coldness caused heavy damages to Vietnam's agriculture, according to local newspaper Youth on Tuesday.
Of 125,000 hectares of newly-grown rice in Vietnam's northern region, half have died due to the prolonged spell of cold weather,
Most affected provinces were Thanh Hoa with 27,000 hectares, Nghe An with 10,000 hectares, Phu Tho with 7,500 hectares and Hoa Binh with 3,000 hectares. Local farmers were re-growing rice.
The month-long cold spell, the longest of this kind in the northern region over the past 20 years, has also killed thousands of cattle, the newspaper said.
In the last 29 days, nearly 400 buffaloes, cows and bulls in Lang Son province, and over 700 in Thanh Hoa province have died.
It is forecast that the weather is to become warmer after Feb. 20. During the current cold spell, the temperature has sometimes fallen to below 10 Celsius degrees in many northern localities.
Editor: Bi Mingxin
Coldness causes damages to paddies, cattle in N Vietnam_English_Xinhua