The Children are Cold in Lang Son

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The winters are colder in Lang Son. The past 2 years it snowed. It is such a wet cold, in fact it is so wet/cold it snows in Lang Son at 2degrees F warmer there than in the USA.
The follow article reports on the effects of the unusually cold winter in Lang Son.

Updated : 5:15 PM, 02/02/2011

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More than 50,000 heads of cattle died of severe cold weather

(VOV) - As of 4pm on February 2, a total of 50,000 heads of cattle have died because of the recent long cold spell in some northern provinces, according to the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Son La province suffered the greatest loss of over 9,300 heads of cattle, followed by Lang Son (7,500) and Cao Bang (6,800).

Apart from the buffalos and cows died of the severe cold weather, horses, pigs, goats and giraffes were also lost.

The Veterinary Department appointed delegations to cities and provinces coordinate local animal health departments to fight against the dangers of hunger and cold for cattle during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

http://english.vov.vn/Home/More-than-50000-heads-of-cattle-died-of-severe-cold-weather/20112/123622.vov