VOV.VN - U Bo peak in Bac Yen district of the northwestern province of Son La has been left covered with frost after a strong cold spell hit the northern region on April 3.

Greater attention should be paid to ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas while designing socio-economic development plans in the future to ensure no one is left behind, many deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) have suggested.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has recently signed a decision approving the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, with the first phase from now to 2025.

The steering committee for the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic and mountainous areas for 2021-2030 convened a meeting on March 22 under the chair of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is predicted be hit by bouts of cold weather with winter set to reach northern regions earlier than in previous years, with the average temperature expected to be much colder than seen in the past.