Around 200 livestock in Vietnam’s northern mountainous localities have died due to the on-going bitter cold front.
As many as 130 buffaloes, goats, horses, calves and pigs in Lang Son Province have died due to the severe cold weather.
Despite local authorities’ instructions to tighten protective measures for their livestock, the prolonged cold wave has seriously affected them.
Since January 23, some 40 buffaloes and cows in Cao Bang Province have been killed by the cold weather, mostly concentrated on the districts of Nguyen Binh, Ha Lang Quang Hoa, Thach An and Hoa An.
Meanwhile, at least 15 buffaloes, cows and goats Bac Kan Province have also died over the recent days, mainly in Bach Thong, Ngan Son and Na Ri districts.
Some mountainous areas in the northern region of Vietnam have seen frost when the temperature fell to below zero degree centigrade.
The cold weather would continue ravaging the north until January 29.
Nearly 200 livestock in northern Vietnam killed by extreme cold
Around 200 livestock in Vietnam’s northern mountainous localities have died due to the on-going bitter cold front.
Source: dtinews.vn, Tien Phong
