YBO - The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai now has three points of sale displaying and selling One Commune, One Product (OCOP) products.

YBO - The Office of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai recently held a conference on the building of a data transmission network (level 2) of Party and State agencies in the locality, along with a cyber security and safety monitoring system.

YBO - A total 52 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have registered to operate in Yen Bai.

YBO - Through HIV/AIDS testing, Yen Bai has detected 26 new HIV carriers so far this year, up 13 cases compared to the same period in 2020, including 22 men and four women, lifting the total number of HIV/AIDS patients in the province to 6,075.

From the Medical Centre of Yen Binh district of northern Yen Bai province, information and images on topics related to cardiovascular emergency aid shared by doctors from Bach Mai Hospital were transmitted to medical centres of eight districtsin Yen Bai via telehealth system.

YBO - Chairman of the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee Tran Huy Tuan has signed Decision 387/QD-UBND announcing results of the 2020 District and Department Competitiveness Index (DDCI) survey. Accordingly, the Department of Planning and Investment and Yen Bai city took the lead in the rankings.

YBO - Vice Chairman of the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Chien Thang on March 10 held an online working session with Mayor Hagiwara Seiji of Mimasaka city in Japan’s Okayama prefecture, to begin the implementation of a bilateral cooperation agreement.

“The State of Vietnam was the first state in history to exercise its sovereignty over the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) since they were ownerless pieces of land, at least since the 17th century. Vietnam has sufficient historical evidence that has legal value to testify to its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa,” an expert has said.

Young people in Yen Bai recently launched the 2021 Youth Month with a ceremony in Tram Tau district, along with a host of activities.

Yen Bai province has provided consultations to local firms in completing procedures to register protection of intellectual property for 17 products during 2018-2020.

Every country in the world has traditional outfits that contain its unique cultural essence. In Vietnam, though there are no official documents indicating that the ao dai (traditional long dress) is the national outfit, in the minds of many, especially international friends, it is considered a symbol of Vietnamese culture.

Vietnam launches its COVID-19 inoculation drive on March 8 morning, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to medical workers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and northern Hai Duong province – the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot at present.

The district of Van Yen has recently launched a stall displaying local “One Commune, One Product” products at Dong Cuong Temple in Ben Den village, Dong Cuong commune on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2021.

The placing of Vietnamese universities in prestigious global rankings has continually been on the rise in recent times despite the country’s much shorter history in terms of higher education.

Vietnam Airlines has proposed it be officially permitted by authorised health agencies to transport COVID-19 vaccines from overseas.

Vietnam documented no COVID-19 infections in the past 12 hours as of 6:00 am on February 25, making the tally unchanged at 2412, including 1,513 locally transmitted cases, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Thirteen patients in a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong province, the country’s current largest coronavirus hotspot were given the all-clear on February 24.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a resolution approving the fourth Protocol to amend the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) signed on July 15, 2020.

YBO - Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of Yen Bai province’s Party Committee Do Duc Duy, permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ta Van Long, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Huy Tuan attended a ceremony in response to the Year of the Ox tree planting festival in Phu Thinh commune, Yen Binh district on February 17.

Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Duc Binh took office as Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs at a ceremony in Jakarta on February 15.

I would like to extend my warmest regards to people from all ethnic minority groups, soldiers in the armed forces, officials, public servants, businesspeople, and workers in Yen Bai province.

YBO - The northern province of Yen Bai has for the first time presented gifts to all local poor households on the occasion of Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese people.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has issued a plan for foot-mouth disease (FMD) prevention for cattle in the 2021-2025 period.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai has awarded 57 collectives of agencies, units and localities and 66 individuals in recognition of their outstanding performance to fulfill tasks and goals assigned to them under the province’s Action Programme 190 and State budget collection in 2020.

The freshly-concluded 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has set forth a comprehensive strategy of turning Vietnam into a developed country in the next 25 years, a Vietnamese professor in the US has said.