The steering board for the sustainable forest development programme of Yen Bai province recently held a conference to review forest protection and wildfire prevention work in the dry season for 2021-22.
YBO - Over the past years, farmers in Vien Son commune, Van Yen district have expanded organic cinnamon areas to generate stable output while protecting the living environment.
YBO - Under the second phase of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) funded by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in the northern province of Yen Bai, the provincial Farmers’ Union in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund piloted a model of assigning forest protection for residential communities in Tan Phong and Dong Ke villages in Tan Nguyen commune, Yen Binh district.
The Kim Boi joint Stock Company in the northern province of Hoa Binh has exported 28 tonnes of processed fresh bamboo shoots to the Netherlands - a new and promising market in Europe.
The 15th National Assembly has recently approved a resolution on socio-economic development plan in 2022.
YBO - The Yen Bai Department of Science and Technology and the People’s Committee of Tran Yen District co-hosted a conference to announce and hand over the certificates for trademark registration of the district’s pomelo, green tea and dried cinnamon.
YBO - Amid complicated and unpredictable developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial Department of Industry and Trade issued Plan No.2592/KH-SCT dated November 17 to ensure production and circulation of goods and necessities, closely monitor supply and demand to meet public demand.
YBO - Economic development as well as industrial and handicraft activities and agricultural modernisation have become one of the reasons behind environmental pollution.
YBO - Luc Yen district has implemented the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme with many specific solutions designed for typical local agricultural products such as Lam Thuong dried bamboo shoots, Khanh Thien sticky rice and Minh Tien peanut...
YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Department of Industry and Trade, in coordination with the Export Promotion Centre of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency, has held a conference linking suppliers with exporters and trade promotion organisations.
YBO - A trade promotion event in Yen Bai is scheduled to take place on October 28 via videoconference.
YBO - In 2019 and 2020, Van Yen district had 15 products meeting standards of the “One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme as recognised by the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee. It is expected to have from six to eight more qualified products by the end of 2021.
In the first nine months of 2021, Party organisations and Party cells in Yen Bai city in the province of the same name presented badges of Party membership to 471 members.
YBO - Yen Bai province has set a target to cultivate over 9,920 ha of farmland in the winter crop of 2021, raking in an estimated economic value of about 300 billion VND (13.16 million USD), or approximately 30 million VND per ha.
YBO - Currently, the Luc Yen district in Yen Bai province boasts over 4,600 ha of cinnamon plantations, including more than 1,000 ha of organic ones.
YBO - Facing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which directly affects the consumption market of processed agricultural products, relevant sectors and enterprises in Yen Bai province have made great efforts in searching new markets through e-commerce platforms.
YBO - By the end of August, the total revenue of commercial and service establishments in Yen Bai city reached over 9.4 trillion VND, up 637 billion VND over the same period last year.
YBO - The fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic has been causing large-scale impacts, thus hindering the sale of advantageous products of enterprises in the province such as pressed wood, tea, tapioca starch, porcelain insulators and stone powder. The endurance of local enterprises operating in tourism, catering, accommodation and transportation has also reached their limits when they have to suffer long-lasting, smoldering negative impacts.
YBO - Leaders of some sectors in Yen Bai province and 500 delegates in 400 places nationwide attended a webinar on September 9 to discuss the enhancement of Vietnam - Africa agricultural cooperation for common sustainable development.
The second Vietnam Summit in Japan is set to be held virtually on November 20-21 under the endorsement of the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan and the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC).
YBO - Two products of Yen Bai province have been named among outstanding industrial products in rural areas this year of the country.
YBO - According to the State Bank branch in Yen Bai province, outstanding loans affected by the COVID-19 epidemic as of July 31, 2021 amounted to 7,067 billion VND, accounting for 25.42 percent of the total outstanding loans in the province.
YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated with the Asia - Africa Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) and Vietnam’s trade offices in India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, and Taiwan to organise a conference matching local businesses with Asian partners.
YBO - Van Chan district of Yen Bai province harvested over 25,000 tonnes of tea buds in the first seven months of 2021, a surge by 700 tonnes compared to the same period last year.
YBO - In recent years, farmers in Yen Bai province have invested in clean agriculture using organic fertilizers and limiting the use of pesticides, thus contributing to protecting the health of both producers and consumers, and the environment as well.
