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Cold kills 20,000 Vietnamese cattle

21/01/2011

An official in Vietnam has said a cold spell over the past three weeks in the country has killed more than 20,000 cows and buffalos as well as at least seven people.

Hoang Kim Giao, director of the Livestock Breeding Department, says calves made up 70% of the livestock that died across 18 northern provinces.

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