YBO - A team of 15 doctors and health workers of Yen Bai has been sent to Bac Giang province to support the current COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic prevention and control.

YBO - Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Do Duc Duy and Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People's Committee Vu Thi Hien Hanh on May 12 inspected the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tran Yen district.

The serious observance of the health ministry’s 5K message would help stop the community transmission of COVID-19 in Vietnam, heard a meeting in Hanoi on May 10.

YBO - Candidates in the upcoming election of deputies to the 15th parliament and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure in Yen Bai province have joined meetings with voters in the recent past.

The highest priority at this time is to fight COVID-19 and deal with its consequences in order to ensure security and safety as well as the public’s health, and complete the set dual goals, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on May 7.

‘Dien Bien Phu’ – a massive painting of 132m wide and 9m high that took three years to be completed – has been approved by an art council.

A press conference took place in Hanoi on May 5 to launch the “Social Innovation Launch 2021” contest.

The Prime Minister has ordered the building of a national strategy on developing a digital economy and digital society to be completed in August.

YBO - As of 18:00 on April 27, Yen Bai province had reported five COVID-19 cases, including four Indian experts and a staff member of Yen Bai city’s Nhu Nguyet Hotel 2 where the Indians were put under mandatory 14-day quarantine.

YBO - To celebrate 46 years since the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2021), the War Veterans’ Association of Yen Bai province has held a gathering with witnesses to history, outstanding representatives of former youth pioneers, and those serving the Ho Chi Minh Campaign during the resistance war against the US.

YBO - The northern province of Yen Bai has proactively sought to expand relations with foreign partners and promote international integration.

YBO - The Yen Bai provincial General Hospital and centrally-run Vietnam-Germany Hospital on April 20 co-launched a telemedicine system under a project to provide remote clinical services for patients in local hospitals funded by the Government of Germany�s Official Assistance Development (ODA) loan.

YBO - A multiple-choice contest has been recently launched in Yen Bai province to raise public awareness of President Ho Chi Minh’s career and life.

YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, in coordination with the Thieu nien Tien phong (Vanguard Teenagers) and Nhi dong (Children) newspapers, organised knowledge and handwriting contests on April 16, attracting 120 students from 15 primary and junior high schools across Yen Bai city.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai on April 15 launched activities in response to the eight Vietnam Book Day 2021 (April 21) on April 15 in the province’s museum.

YBO - Yen Bai province secured the 33rd position out of the country’s 63 provinces and cities in the 2020 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) rankings, released on April 15, moving up three places from the 2019 list and among the best performers in the mid-performance group.

YBO - Trade unions at all levels in Nghia Lo town have paid attention to improve their their performance to protect legal and legitimate rights and interests of labourers in the first half of the 2018 – 2023 tenure.

YBO - Located at an altitude of more than 1,500 metres, the Suoi Giang tourism area in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, is home to over 423 hectares of “Shan” tea, including 40,000 old tea trees aged at least 100 years old which were listed among the six ancestral tea varieties of the world.

YBO - The State President has issued Decision No. 455/QD-CTN on presenting the title of “Excellent Teacher” to 971 teachers who make outstanding contributions to the education and training cause of the nation, including 10 teachers of Yen Bai province.

YBO - Vice Chairwoman of the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee Vu Thi Hien Hanh and leaders of the Department of Public Security and Department of Home Affairs recently visited and extended Easter greetings to the Diocese of Hung Hoa in Hanoi’s Son Tay township.

YBO - Yen Bai’s Industrial Production Index (IIP) in March rose by 32.53 percent from the previous month and 11.13 percent from the same period last year. In the first quarter of 2021, the index expanded 10.03 percent year-on-year.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has ordered tightening the management of foreign workers who are investors, managers, experts and technicians at firms and organisations in the locality in line with regulations.

The Government will maintain efforts to build a socialist state ruled by law and of the people, by the people, for the people, newly-elected Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed while taking the oath of office on April 5.

The National Assembly (NA) elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member of the 13th tenure and a deputy of the 14th legislature, as State President for the 2016-2021 term on April 5 morning, during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting.

Vietnam always pays attention to creating favourable conditions for businesses and investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to expand their activities in the nation, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, noting that the bilateral ties are getting stronger thanks to the presence of Korean conglomerates like Samsung, SK, Hanwha, Deawoo, and Lotte in Vietnam.