YBO - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan paid a working visit to Yen Bai province on November 14, during which she lauded the achievements the locality has made over the years. She showed pleasure at the success of the 19th provincial Party Congress, saying that members of the 19th provincial Party Committee are officials of morality and professional capacity, young age and dynamism to take responsibility in the time to come.

The trade and tourism fair of Yen Binh district is being held not only to create an event for sight-seeing and shopping, but also promote landscapes and people of the southeastern gateway of Yen Bai province.

A dossier for Xoe Thai dancing of the northern mountainous localities has been completed to seek UNESCO’s recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

YBO - The “Operation Healthy Heart” programme partnered with telecom firm Viettel Yen Bai, Hanoi Heart Hospital, and the Yen Bai Hospital of Obstetrics and Peadiatrics to provide free checks of heart diseases for children aged under 16 in the northern province of Yen Bai on October 31 – November 1.

YBO - Journalist Truong Nguyen, owner of the Vietnam Today YouTube channel, together with the Yen Bai newspaper has handed over 385 million VND (16,610 USD) to support the construction of a road in De Cho village, Lang Nhi commune, Tram Tau district.

YBO - The Hoang Lien Son porcelain insulator, developed by the Hoang Lien Son Ceramic Technical joint Stock Company, is among 124 products of Yen Bai province recognised as national brands under the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Decision No.2534/QD-BCT.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Van Yen district in Yen Bai province kicked off the Mau Thuong Ngan (Mother Goddess of the Forest) worship practice festival and Dong Cuong Temple New Rice Festival 2020 in Ben Den village, Dong Cuong commune, on October 26 evening.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Chairman of the Subcommittee on Party documents of the 13th National Party Congress, has written an article emphasizing the need to well prepare and organise the 13th National Party Congress in order to bring the country to a new development period.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on October 26 received representatives from UN agencies and international organisations that have supported flood victims in the central region.

The Government will continue doing its utmost, together with all ministries, sectors, localities, people, and soldiers and under the supervision of the National Assembly (NA), to overcome the impact of floods and storms now hitting the country, while stepping up disaster prevention and control efforts to protect lives and guarantee economic stability and development.

YBO - Nghia Lo has been considered the ancestral land of the Black Thai ethnic group, as well as the land of Thia stream legends, Ban (Bauhinia Variegata) flower and many folk festivals. It is also known to have valuable cultural heritage such as Xoe Thai dancing and Han Khuong festival, which are recognised as national intangible heritage, and many national and provincial historical relic sites such as Cang and Nghia Lo post and Cam Hanh temple. These cultural values have created a foundation for Nghia Lo tourism to have its own characteristics.

YBO - Yen Bai province is home to 2,326 enterprises and 477 cooperatives, registering total capital of more than 26 trillion VND and over 1.07 trillion VND, respectively.

YBO - The Prime Minister has approved the result of the election of Tran Huy Tuan, Vice Secretary of the Yen Bai provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 tenure, to the chairmanship of the provincial People’s Committee for 2016-2021.

YBO - The Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival 2020 is taking place from October 1 through October 30. Its opening ceremony is scheduled to be held at the stadium of Nghia Lo town on October 17 evening.

A carnival gathering 300 performers from 14 communes and wards in Nghia Lo town is scheduled for October 8 – 13 as the curtain raiser of the 2020 Muong Lo Culture – Tourism Festival.

YBO - The Truong Thanh Investment Construction and Development JSC on October 4 held a ceremony to celebrate the successful start of operation of Pa Hu hydropower plant in the northern province of Yen Bai.

YBO - A meeting was held in Yen Bai province on September 28 to announce the Politburo’s decision on the personnel work.

YBO - The 19th Party Congress of Yen Bai province for the 2020-2025 tenure, with the participation of 235 outstanding delegates representing the over 57,600 Party members of the local Party organisation, took place from September 22 to 24 and arrived at success.

A boulder exploited in Luc Yen (Yen Bai province), measuring 2.6m in height and weighing over 1 tonne, was viewed as the world’s largest ruby root at the moment.

YBO - Chairman of the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee Do Duc Duy recently had a working session with a delegation of the Foreign Ministry led by Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long, Director of the ministry’s Department for Foreign Affairs of Provinces.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 16 hosted a reception for Dutch and Belgian Ambassadors, Elsbeth Akkerman and Paul Jansen, along with EU investors who want to pour capital into a seaport logistics project worth nearly 1 billion USD in Vietnam.

Dotors of Luc Yen District’s medial centre has successfully performed a surgery to remove a rare tumor weighing 1.1 kg for a 50-year-old female patient in Khanh Thien commune.

Home to 57,000 Tay ethnic people, one third of the province’s total Tay ethnic population, Luc Yen district has worked tirelessly to preserve traditional culture, especially language, costumes, practices, and especially then singing - “spirit” of the Tay people.

Canadian and Russian experts shared their thoughts on Vietnam’s path to independence and its accomplishments over the last 75 years at recent events.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has issued Decision No. 739/QD-UBND on approving the Public Administrative Reform Index in 2019 of departments and sectors, and People’s Committees of cities, districts and towns.