Lingering Frost Leaves H’Mong Catholics Poverty-stricken -Vietnam
26/2/08
Ethnic H’Mong Catholics in a northern district have been harshly affected by prolonged cold weather that has killed thousands of their cattle. Local government media reported heavy snowfall covering Lao Cai province’s Sa Pa district from late January to mid-February. The temperature reportedly dropped to minus-2 degrees Celsius for many days in the area, 400 kilometers northwest of Ha Noi. About 2,000 cattle, 20 percent of the district total, had reportedly died from the cold weather as of Feb 20, media reported. Cattle are major assets to H’Mong people, who use them for drawing plows in the fields or offer them to their children when they marry.
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