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The weather these days is odd. Vietnam normally has no snow, but now it is snow everywhere, especially Lao cai province, which is very close to Laos nortern province.

I wonder if we have snow in Laos, and do Lao people want to see snow in Laos?


Photo: people went outside their house to see snow in the 40 years
 

(BangkokPost.com) - Ice and snow cover the Hoang Lien Son Mountain and even Sa Pa town in northern Lao Cai province of Vietnam, with outdoor temperatures around 3 degrees below zero (Celsius), local media reported.

News agencies said it was the most severe frost on Hoang Lien Son Mountain in at least 40 years - and the longest cold snap ever recorded in Vietnam.

The reports are complete with photos of snow-covered trees and brush in the northern province.


The severe and chilling cold spell has killed nearly 1,000 cows and buffalo in the province, reports said.


The record month-long cold has killed several thousand cattle across the northern provinces near southern China, particularly in highland areas, with 2,000 animals frozen in Ha Giang, nearly 1,500 in Son La and 1,000 in Lang Son, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.

The ministry’s cultivaion department director Nguyen Tri Ngoc reported that the cold had devastated more than 53,000 ha of rice and 5,000 ha of grain in 16 provinces, including Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Phu Tho, Hung Yen, Ha Nam and Haiphong City.


Mr Ngoc attributed much of the heavy losses to farmers’ negligence of the cold and the ministry’s warnings.


The record 30-day cold spell started on January 14. The previous longest cold spells lasted for 26 days in 1968 and 28 days in 1989.



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Only Khon Lao that live in the northen states of the US or canada! Last week it was -40 DEGREES FEHREINHEIT!

But when I was in Laos exactly one year ago, they had a frost problem in Thailand.

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Im a student studying Geography @ Southern Illinois University. The snow fall that fell in Vietnam and parts of Laos was likely the cause of La Nina (opposite of El Nino). Many places around the world especially the United States have seen unusual weather. From what Ive learned, these climate changes are the effects of global warming. Many countries in Asia are economically growing especially China and India, therefore they are in need of energy. These growing countries are implementing coal-fired energy because it is the cheapest form of energy plus it is not very good for the environment. It puts a large amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere thats why in the past few years climate patterns have been changing dramatically around the world.

gtseast

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