Snow fell on the top of Fansipan Mountain – the highest peak in Indochina – on Sunday when a strong cold spell hit Vietnam. According to authorities of the northern province of Lao Cai, home to Fansipan, the temperature at the mountain is dropping further, and sleet or frost is forecast to continue. The national weather center reported on Monday that the cold spell will continue to affect the north and north central regions, with the lowest temperatures of 9 – 12 degrees Celsius in low areas, and 4 – 7 degree Celsius in high mountainous areas. The cold spell is also expected to bring moderate to heavy rains and low temperatures in the central region from Quang Tri to Binh Dinh on Monday. Source: VOV5

 

Russia has received a NATO proposal to commence talks on Moscow’s security concerns on January 12 and is considering it, TASS news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on Sunday.

Russia, which has unnerved the West with a troop buildup near Ukraine, last week unveiled a wish list of security proposals it wants to negotiate, including a promise NATO would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine.

The United States and Ukraine say Russia may be preparing an invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. Russia denies that and says it is Ukraine’s growing relationship with NATO that has caused the standoff to escalate.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia wanted to avoid conflict but needed an “immediate” response from the United States and its allies to its demands for security guarantees. Moscow has said it expects talks with US officials on the subject to start next month in Geneva.

US President Joe Biden’s administration has said some of Russia’s security proposals are obviously unacceptable, but that Washington will respond with more concrete ideas on the format of any talks.

 

 

Source: VOV5

 

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