YBO - It is easier to assign homework to students during days off due to COVID-19 outbreak in urban areas than remote, rural and minority-inhabited areas where living conditions remain in difficulty.

As the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) continues to spread, the Ministry of Education and Training has again rescheduled the closing date of the 2019 – 2020 academic year, to July 15, while the national high school graduation exam was postponed to August 8 – 11 this year.

In Dispatch No 490/UBND-TH dated March 4, 2020, the People’s Committee of Yen Bai province assigned tasks for departments and sectors; leaders of districts, towns and cities; and relevant agencies to support local businesses in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak.

YBO - Yen Bai city’s Friendship Association and the France-Vietnam Friendship Association have together inaugurated a playzone for kids at the local medical centre’s paediatrics division.

YBO - On March 2 morning, students at 39 senior high schools, Continuing Education Centres and colleges in Yen Bai returned to school after a long-lasting closure prompted by the threat of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

YBO - The Youth Month 2020 was launched on March 1 in Minh Xuan commune, Luc Yen district, northern Yen Bai province, by the provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

YBO - The provincial Health Department and the Yen Bai General Hospital have collaborated with the steering committee for voluntary blood donation mobilization and the education and training division of Luc Yen district in organizing the blood donation programme in 2020.

YBO - Over the past nearly one month, educational establishments across Yen Bai province has applied online teaching to help students acquire knowledge during school closure aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Vietnam has three universities in the overall Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings according to THE’s latest report of higher educational facilities in emerging economies.

The 2019-2020 school year will be extended to the end of June, a month later than previous years after delays children faced going back to class at the beginning of the year due to fears of the acute respiratory disease COVID-19.

YBO - On the first days of the 2020 spring, Yen Bai received a good news which is 27 students of the province won prizes at the national excellent student competition for the 2019-2020 academic year, giving Yen Bai the fourth place among northern midland and mountainous provinces and the 20th position among localities nationwide.

Vocational training schools in Vietnam will continue to use curricula transferred from Australia and Germany until the end of 2020 and 2025, respectively, following the Prime Minister’s approval to extend the technical vocational education and training (TVET) reform plan.

Vietnamese people account for 55 percent of the foreign workers who are granted visa under Japan’s new policy adopted from April 1, 2019, according to the Immigration Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Justice.

YBO - Yen Bai province’s authorities have decided to cancel all festivals as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), in accordance with Directive 06/CT-TTg by the Prime Minister and Official Dispatch 393/CD-BVHTTDL by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

YBO - Sappers in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on February 7 defused a US-made bomb weighing about 340 kg in Tan Lap commune, Luc Yen district.

Three Vietnamese citizens returning from China's Wuhan city tested positive for coronavirus (nCoV) as of January 30 afternoon, bringing the total number of nCoV cases detected in the country to five, reported the Ministry of Health.

Thousands are flocking to Hang Luoc Street in Hanoi's Old Quarter to admire and buy spring flowers, flowering plants and Tet decorations.

Nhon Market in northern Bac Ninh Province is the country's first market to say no to plastic bags, encouraging customers to bring their own baskets.

The Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS), which gathers Vietnamese expats living in Canada, held a get-together in Toronto on January 18 to celebrate Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year, which is less than a week away.