Vietnam earmarks $115 million for global warming - International Herald Tribune

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam will spend $115 million over the next six years to prepare for the impact of global warming, which international studies have shown could severely damage the country's long coast and low-lying river deltas.

The money will be used to "assess the impact of global warming on Vietnam and map out a plan of action," Tuesday's Youth newspaper quoted Nguyen Van Duc, the vice minister of natural resources and environment, as saying.

Cold snap hits northern Vietnam

A cold front is moving into northern Vietnam from China, sending temperatures plunging in many provinces and even causing frost in some places, said the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.
A cold front that has blown into northern Vietnam is likely to cause frost in some mountainous areas.
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The cold weather killed 10 buffalo calves in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province. Other provinces have yet to report their cattle death toll.