The government is to provide financial support of US$62.6 to farmers for each head of cattle lost. It is also considering freezing bank loans taken out by farmers to purchase cattle that were killed by the cold weather.
Cold kills livestock in Vietnam
Vietnamese government sources reported in mid-February that more than 30,000 cattle had died in the northern mountain provinces of Ha Giang, Bac Can, Yen Bai, Thanh Hoa and Lang Son as a result of cold weather, according to the Vietnamese News Agency.
