YBO - Forest offering ceremonies, also known as forest festivals, were simultaneously held across sacred forests in Na Hau commune, Van Yen district on March 9 morning or the 29th day of the first month in the lunar calendar.

YBO – Aside from majestic natural landscapes, Yen Bai province has established itself as a charming destination for tourists also thanks to long-standing and special cultural identities of local ethnic groups. Among those here, Dao people form a special community with a unique culture still sustained in their daily life nowadays. Costume is one of the cultural characteristics that embody the distinctive style, worldwide, and outlook on life of Dao people.

YBO - The authority of Yen Bai city has organised a spring dancing programme 2024 with the participation of over 2,000 amateurs artits. During the art programme to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet), Yen Bai’s famous singers performed songs praising the love for the nation and celebrating the New Year festival.

YBO - Located on the bank of the gentle Hong (Red) River in Ben Den village, Dong Cuong commune, Van Yen district, Dong Cuong Temple has long been famous as a sacred, solemn temple with great historical values, which has become a popular destination for many tourists on their New Year spiritual journey to pray for wealth and fortune.

YBO - Standing over 1,300 metres above sea level, Mong ethnic people’s Pang Cang ancient village in Suoi Giang commune, Van Chan district, is dubbed “happy village in the clouds" because of its pristine picturesque nature and unique traditional culture.

YBO - This year's Dong Cuong Temple Festival will be held from February 20 - 21 (the 11th and 12th days in the first month of the Year of the Dragon) at Dong Cuong Temple Complex with 11 special activities.

YBO - With a fervent passion and profound reverence for age-old cultural values, artisan Ha Van Nguyen from Kien Lao village, Kien Thanh commune, Tran Yen district, is tirelessly contributing to the preservation of unique cultural values of the Tay ethnic group.

YBO - Within the framework of the Mau Thuong Ngan (Mother Goddess of Forest) Worship Festival and the Dong Cuong Temple New Rice Festival in 2023, the People's Committee of Van Yen district organised the first Chau van ritual singing contest themed "Sacred Motherland" in Dong Cuong commune.

YBO -Vocational schools in the northern province of Yen Bai have paid attention to improving facilities and linkage with businesses to train human resources that better meet employment requirements.

YBO - In an effort to promote the cultural and religious values of Mother Goddess worship, which has been recognised by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, Van Yen district will host its first-ever competition of Chau van (ritual singing performed during rituals to honor Mother Goddess and related gods) at the Dong Cuong temple in the commune of the same name from October 23 to 25.

YBO - The Muong Lo Cultural and Tourism Festival, which has been held annually in Nghia Lo town for many years, has become attractive to local people, and domestic and foreign tourists.

Coming to Muong Lo - Nghia Lo on the 13th and 14th days of the 7th lunar month, visitors will be extremely delighted to participate in the traditional Sip Xo festival of the local ethnic people Thai Den – a branch of Thai ethnic communities living mainly in Vietnam's northern and north-central regions.

YBO - Yen Bai province is currently home to 132 recognised historical and cultural relic sites, including one special national, 12 national and 119 provincial sites.

YBO - Van Yen district has organised the 15th amateur art and ethnic costumes festival with the participation of 25 art troupes with over 500 amateur artists and 34 contestants who took part in costume shows.

The Tay Ethnic Culture Festival of Dai Phac commune, Van Yen district, has been held recently with many exciting and unique activities imbued with traditional culture of the Tay ethnic group such as: walking on stilts, ‘then’ singing (special ritual practice of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic minority groups), gourd lute performances, Tay people’s dance, stick dance, and folk games.

(YBO) – Luc Yen district has determined that preservation and promotion of the local cultural identity and historical and cultural relic sites are an important goal in socio-economic development.

YBO - The “Khen" (panpine) art of the Mong ethnic group in Mu Cang Chai, Tram Tau and Van Chan districts of Yen Bai province has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage under a decision recently issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

YBO - An art festival and an Ao Dai show were organised recently in Yen Bai city, attracting the participation of 375 artists from 15 troupes of communes and wards in the locality.

YBO - Traces of architectural terracotta have been discovered ing an archaeological excavation at the Dao Kieu relic site, Dao Kieu 1 village, Thinh Hung commune, Yen Binh district, along with many pieces of pottery, earthenware, tiles, and vestiges of a kiln area estimated to date back to the 17th - 18th centuries.

YBO - In recent years, Yen Bai has promptly and synchronously implemented many solutions to preserve and promote cultural heritage values in order to raise public awareness and introduce the image of the province and its people to visitors.

Amidst the current digital transformation trend, Yen Bai Museum has exerted great efforts to apply information technology in its operations, including collaboration with the University of Information Technology and Communication and the Thai Nguyen University to implement a model of a virtual museum using Virtual Reality (VR) technology.

YBO - Yen Bai has promoted its cultural identity at the 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival through the introduction of the locality’s OCOP (One Commune-One Product) products, the Xoe dance of Thai people, and local tourist destinations.

YBO - A food festival, themed "Gastronomy space in the land of cinnamon - Identity and quintessence", the first of its kind, has taken place at a resort in Mau A town, Van Yen district.

YBO - Having recognised that customs and practices, as well as folk songs and dances of the Tay ethnic minority people, are fading away, artisan Ha Thi Thanh Tinh, who resides in Kien Lao village, Kien Thanh commune, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province, has established a traditional art club in the locality with the support of some elderly persons.

Tram Tau district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai is not only a land with majestic natural scenes but also home to many unique cultural values of ethnic minorities. Such cultural values are identified as a highlight to develop local tourism.