On these days, Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai province has made all preparations to ensure this year’s “mua nuoc do” (Pouring Water Season) festival takes place safely and leaves deep impressions on locals and tourists.

In his blog published on the World Bank website in late May, Jacques Morisset, World Bank Lead Economist and Program Leader for Vietnam, has called the country ‘a bright star in the COVID-19 dark sky’.

YBO - Charity markets, operated in 12 different models, took place across all nine towns and cities of Yen Bai province from May 5 to 19, with a hope of helping more than 1,500 needy people.

Foreign officials and scholars have expressed their admiration for President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of his 130th birthday.

YBO - On the occasion of the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, Yen Bai province’s oficials offered incense in commemoration of the late leader at the national historical site at the Yen Bai city stadium, and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the provincial martyr cemetery.

Party and State leaders and National Assembly (NA) deputies paid homage to President Ho Chi Minh to mark the late leader’s 130th birthday on May 19, one day ahead of the 14th parliament’s ninth session.

Vice Chairman of the Yen Bai province People’s Committee Duong Van Tien on May 8 signed Document No.1031 allowing the organisation of tourism, culture, arts and sport activities in the new normal.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Do Duc Duy has signed into promulgation Decision 907/QD-UBND on a legal support programme for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Yen Bai during 2020-2025.

YBO - The Women’s Union of Yen Bai province together with the Investment and Trade Consulting Ltd. Co. (Intraco) and the Korea Carbon Management Company (KCM) on May 7 handed over 5,000 energy efficient stoves to members of the union in Luc Yen district.

Technology to make a Covid-19 test kit developed by the Vietnam Military Medical University will be transferred to Cuba, according to the defense ministry.

YBO - The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai climbed six steps in the 2019 provincial competitiveness index (PCI) rankings, according to the PCI report recently released by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Vietnam's export value saw a year-on-year increase of 4.7 percent to an estimated 82.9 billion USD in the first four months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Yen Bai Newspaper, together with Vietnamese-American journalist Truong Nguyen have recently visited and presented relief aid to poor households in An Phu commune, Luc Yen district.

Despite its limited resources, Vietnam has supported many other nations worldwide in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, proving itself as a responsible member of the international community, especially when the country is holding the ASEAN Chairmanship 2020.

China’s circulation of a number of diplomatic notes at the United Nations (UN) that raise unreasonable sovereignty claims over Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos as well as maritime claims in the East Sea runs counter to the provisions of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an official said on April 23.

Vietnam shared its experience in COVID-19 prevention and control at the G20 health ministers’ meeting via video conference on late April 19.

YBO - Despite numerous difficulties amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Yen Bai continues accelerating administrative procedure reform in the first months of 2020, in order to enhance its Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index. The province aims to rise by four to six places to be among the 30 best performers this year.

The Asialyst, a French online newspaper specializing in news from Asia, posted an article recently that highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

YBO - The electronic government project marks a breakthough in administrative reforms of Van Yen district of Yen Bai province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to the overseas Vietnamese community, calling on them to remain unanimous and stand side by side with the homeland in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three Vietnamese entrepreneurs have been honoured in the US prestigious magazine Forbes’ annual “30 Under 30 Asia” list, said the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) on April 7.

Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai province has come up with a slogan in both Kinh and Mong languages to raise public awareness of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

YBO - Following the direction of the Prime Minister and Yen Bai province’s guidance documents on the implementation of urgent measures on COVID-19 prevention and control, Van Yen authorities have launched 14 vonluntary groups, 14 medical quarantine checkpoints, and 24 travel control points in villages and residential areas in Mau A town and Yen Thai and Quang Minh communes, with the involvement of over 100 local volunteers.

YBO - Amidst the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai province issued Document No. 832, asking local departments, agencies, steering board for COVID-19 prevention and control in Yen Bai city, districts and towns, organisations, enterprises, and production and business facilities in the locality to take urgent measures against the epidemic.

YBO - Many organisations and individuals in the northern province of Yen Bai have raised money to support those seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the call of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee.