Cold weather to blanket northern Vietnam in Lunar New Year holidays
The northern region is expected to celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in cold weather, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecasting Centre.
The northern region is expected to celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in cold weather. (Photo: VNA)The spell is forecast to linger through the country's longest annual festival, this year lasting from 20-26, while the central and south-central regions will see rains.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)It said there have been no signs of storms or tropical depressions in the Eat Sea so far./.
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