Northern mountainous areas freeze in snow

Snow has blanketed northern mountainous areas as they are experiencing the strongest cold spell since the onset of winter.

Trees are covered with ice in Phja Oac mountain, about 2,000 metres above the sea level, in Nguyen Binh district of Cao Bang province (Photo: VNA)

Trees in Phja Oac are covered with ice (Photo: VNA)

The cold chills the forest in Phja Oac (Photo: VNA)

Wild flowers in Phja Oac are frozen in the cold (Photo: VNA)

Snow on roofs in Sapa town, Lao Cai province (Photo: VNA)

A car is covered with frost in Sapa (Photo: VNA)

Snow on terraced fields near O Quy Ho pass. Some areas in Sapa are in 10cm deep of snow (Photo: VNA)

Snow on terraced fields near O Quy Ho pass (Photo: VNA)

Buffalos are on the way home to avoid the cold in Sapa (Photo: VNA)

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