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.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking Party and State delegation have been on a visit to Laos to attend the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 – 2022) and the 45th year of the singing of the bilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 – 2022).

YBO - Representatives from the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam have paid a visit to Yen Bai to discuss policies on supporting youth startups under the project “PARTICIPATE: Empowered civil society organisations and ethnic minority youth for active participation in decision making in Yen Bai, Vietnam”.

YBO - The Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation of Yen Bai province has coordinated with the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion to kick off an activity in response to the 10th "Red Journey" (Hanh trinh do) programme and the locality’s 4th blood donation festival in 2022.

YBO - Yen Bai province’s Mu Cang Chai district has coordinated with the provincial Department of Construction to hold a conference to announce the district’s construction planning project.

YBO - Together with their peers nationwide, more than 8,000 examinees in Yen Bai province sat for the high school graduation tests 2022 on July 7 and 8. Among them, over 1,830 will use test results only for the graduation purpose.

YBO - A report of the People's Committee of Yen Bai province at the 7th session of the 19th-term People's Council said the implementation of socio-economic development tasks in the first half of 2022 produced positive results in all fields. The growth rate of regional gross domestic product (GRDP) in the first 6 months of this year is estimated at 7.57%, ranking 7th in the region, and 25th in the country.

YBO - The provincial steering committee for firefighting and related search and rescue has freshly held a drill at the Yen Bai vocational college.

YBO - A delegation of Singaporean investors led by Chairman of Sakae Holdings Douglas Foo, who is also President of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in Singapore and former President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation, recently paid a courtesy call to leaders of Yen Bai and learned about investment opportunities in the province.

YBO - Yen Bai province’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) is estimated at almost 9.79 trillion VND (420 million USD) in the first half of 2022, up 7.57% year on year and higher than the rate of 6.9% recorded in the same period last year and the growth scenario of 7.28%.

YBO - The Women’s Union of Yen Bai province has coordinated with World Vision Vietnam to hold an exchange programme of the Happy Family Club model on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Vietnamese Family Day (June 28).

YBO - To encourage the practice of power saving for the sake of the community, the Yen Bai Power Company and the People’s Committee of Nghia Lo town have launched the “Families save electricity” programme 2022.

YBO - A delegation of Yen Bai’s Party organisation and authorities on June 30 offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh at the tribune of Yen Bai city’s stadium, a national historic relic, on the occasion of the organisation’s 77th anniversary (June 30, 1945 – 2022).