Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 20 chaired a nationwide teleconference linking with the 63 cities and provinces on the development of labour market in a flexible, modern, sustainable and globally integrated manner.

YBO - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s chapter in Yen Bai has organised a student startup forum, gathering over 200 students from the province’s high schools and vocational training college.

YBO - The steering committee for the prevention and control of crime and social evils and the building of the “All people safeguard national security” movement (Steering Committee 138) of Viet Cuong commune in Tran Yen district recently organised the All People’s Security Safeguard Festival in 2022.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said that Vietnam wants to cooperate with Israel in fields of its strength such as innovation, sci-tech and renewable energy.

YBO - In the 2022 - 2025 period, 29 more extremely difficult communes in Yen Bai province are expected to be recognised as new-style rural areas, meaning that there will be nearly 95,200 people, equivalent to about 11.4% of the population from these communes, being not supported by the state budget anymore to buy health insurance cards.

YBO - The urbanisation rate of Yen Bai province has averagely reached 20.28% with 12 urban areas, including one Grade-3, one Grade-4 and 10 Grade-5 urban areas.

YBO - On the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival in the year of 2556 in Buddhist calendar, a working team gathering representatives from the Yen Bai Party Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission, provincial Department of Home Affairs and Department of Public Security visited and presented gifts to the Executive Council of the Yen Bai Buddhist Sangha and leaders of Linh Phong Pagoda in Yen Ninh Ward and Van Tien Pagoda in Van Phu commune of Yen Bai city.

YBO - A ceremony to receive a UNESCO certificate recognising the art of Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic minority group as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and the opening of Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival for the discovery of Special National Landmark Mu Cang Chai terraced fields will take place at Nghia Lo township stadium on September 24.

Over the past years, 80 prestigious persons of ethnic minority groups in Tran Yen district have been considered bridges connecting the Party with local people and role models in patriotic emulation movements.

YBO - Yen Bai province’s Public Security has coordinated with the provincial Red Cross Society and General Hospital in organising the 2022 blood donation day.

YBO - Yen Bai athletes brought home the glory in the national tournaments of various sports last month.

Vietnamese striker Huynh Nhu has been honoured to be present in a poster to popularise the finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 posted on the tournament’s official Facebook page on August 2.

Vietnam bagged 28 golds after three days into the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, almost completing its target of 35-40 gold medals.

YBO - Over the past years, Yen Bai province has effectively carried out the Party and State’s policies and preferential treatment for revolution contributors. It has issued some specific policies that suit local socio-economic situation to help families of revolution contributors improve their living conditions.

More than 237,000 people participated in an online quiz on the history of special Vietnam-Laos relations after six weeks from 4pm on June 13 to 3pm on July 25.

The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has issued Plan No. 150/KH-UBND on the implementation of the “All people unite to build cultural life” campaign in the 2022-2026 period.

YBO - Exhibition on war memories/ Yen Bai city marks 75th War Invalids and Martyrs Day/ 300 youth union members, young people light candles to pay tribute to heroes and martyrs...

YBO - On July 25 afternoon, a working delegation of the Office of Vientiane province’s Administration of Laos led by Chief of the Office Siviengxay Orabun paid a visit to leaders of the People's Committee of Yen Bai province.

YBO - Leaders of Yen Bai province have visited and presented gifts to revolution contributors and relatives of martyrs in localities, on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has issued Plan No. 150/KH-UBND on the implementation of the “All people unite to build cultural life” campaign in the 2022-2026 period.

YBO - Located on the way to Lung Cung Mountain in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, Ta Cua Y valley, standing 2,913m above the sea level, is an emerging campsite in Mu Cang Chai district.

YBO - The 2022-2023 school year will be the third year that the education and training sector of Yen Bai and the whole country has implemented the general education programme 2018. In Yen Bai, the new programme will be applied for third, seventh and tenth grades from this year.

YBO - In the first half of 2022, chapters of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) in Yen Bai province carried out more than 1,560 tasks as part of activities in celebration of all-level HCYU congresses.

YBO - On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - 2022), on behalf of leaders of Yen Bai province, Do Duc Duy, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, has sent a letter of greetings to local Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, war invalids, families martyrs and revolution contributors. The following is a rough translation of the letter:

The Vietnam-Laos, Laos-Vietnam Friendship Year 2022 holds special significance to communications and education campaigns targeting people from all walks of life, particularly youth, on the unique bilateral traditional, special, and close-knitted ties between the two countries, affirmed President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and visiting Lao Vice President Bounthong Chitmany at their meeting in Hanoi on July 17.