Spring is a long way away, but many peach trees on O Quy Ho Mountain, and some commnunes of Ta Phin, Sa Pa in Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province have already begun to blossom.

According to director of Lao Cai Province Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, Ma Quang Trung, these trees have bloomed two or three months ealier than usual.

Although it makes for a more beautiful fall, "This means that we won't have peach flowers for Tet. Since they are blossoming at the wrong time, they will not fruit, which means a poor crop next year," he says.

Deputy director of the provincial Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, Luu Minh Hai, says that this is a strange phenomenon, which indicates unusually warm weather, and possibly more frost in the coming time.

For now, though, they make for a beautiful sight.