A ceremony was held in the northern midland province of Phu Tho on April 10 morning or the 10th day of the third lunar month to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings – the legendary founders of the nation, with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending.

YBO - Businesses in Yen Bai province recently had a chance to connect with 20 foreign enterprises and importers so as to share information about the products holding export potential such as tea, electroceramics, stone powder, and cinnamon.

YBO - Export turnover posting an average expansion of 22.4 percent in the past decade can be considered as the most outstanding result of Yen Bai’s economic diplomacy. The province’s export markets tripled to nearly 90 last year from just about 30 recorded in 2010.

YBO - To raise its happiness index, Yen Bai province has continued to implement Resolution No. 50-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, dated July 19, 2021, on the enhancement of the Party’s leadership in the management of land, water and mineral resources in the province for 2021-2025.

YBO - The first national science-technology contest for students in the 2021-22 academic year was held virtually on March 25-27.

YBO - The cardiovascular centre of the Hanoi-based Hospital E has coordinated with the Yen Bai provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to provide free heart disease screening tests and advice for children in Yen Binh, Tran Yen, and Van Yen districts and Yen Bai city.

YBO - In 2022, Yen Bai province aims to reduce the poverty rate by 4.04 percent compared to that of the previous year, equivalent to 8,698 households (an increase of more than 3,000 households).

YBO - In response to the Earth Hour environmental campaign this year, organisations, businesses, and people in Yen Bai have together turned off lights and unnecessary electrical devices in public, office, and family spaces.

YBO - A free health care clinic, run by young doctors from Yen Bai General Hospital, has been opened to meet people’s demands in health treatment.

YBO - The healthcare centre of Yen Binh district on March 21 opened a post-COVID-19 clinic to provide all-round care for the recovered patients with post-COVID-19 conditions.

YBO - Teacher Ha Huu Thanh, who is also Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Chu Van An High School in Van Yen district of Yen Bai province, is among 94 HCYU cadres honoured with Ly Tu Trong Award this year.

Yen Bai province on March 11 officially unveiled a smart city infrastructure system serving digital transformation and held a conference to launch digital transformation tasks for 2022.

YBO - The Women's Entrepreneurs Association in Yen Bai province has 218 members divided into five clubs, including Yen Bai City Club, Muong Lo Club (Nghia Lo), Co Phuc Town Club (Tran Yen), Mai Son Club (Luc Yen) and Yen Binh Club.

YBO - Fukada Kaede is one of the 16 volunteers of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who have been taking part in the Vietnam - Japan development cooperation programme in the Southeast Asian country. She will work in Nghia Lo town of Yen Bai province for two years.

YBO - La Pan Tan is a remote commune of Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province, with more than 90 percent of its population being Mong ethnic people. Local residents mainly earn their living from farming and still maintain outdated practices and preference of boys to girls.

Promoting domestic production of wood materials plays an important role in minimising instabilities related to wood imports for processing in the future, said insiders.

YBO - Vice Secretary of the Yen Bai provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Huy Tuan on March 7 visited and extended greetings to the provincial Women’s Union on the 112th International Women’s Day (March 8, 1910 - 2022) and 1,982 years since the Trung Sisters Uprising.

YBO - Chairman of the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee Tran Huy Tuan, head of the province’s steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, on March 3 issued an urgent dispatch on the continued implementation of measures against the coronavirus disease.

YBO - Yen Bai is sending 62 students, including 59 from Nguyen Tat Thanh High School for the Gifted, one from Le Quy Don High School, another from Chu Van An High School, and the last from the provincial Ethnic Minority Boarding High School, to the national examination for excellent students from March 4-5.

YBO - The Standing Board of the Yen Bai provincial Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) has launched the Youth Month with a ceremony held at the Lung Lo Pass national historical relic site in Da Village of Thuong Bang La commune, Van Chan district. It also launched an emulation movement and construction of the youth’s facilities in celebration of the coming all-level HCYU congresses for 2022 - 2027.

YBO - Leaders of Yen Bai province have visited local health establishments on the occasion of the 67th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955 - 2022).

YBO - As of 4pm on February 24, heavy rains and gritting cold weather starting from February 19 had caused losses of about 1.3 billion (56,955 USD) to Yen Bai province.

The State visit to Singapore by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, with many agreements inked, has laid an important foundation for the two countries to develop and be more inter-connected to become role models for Southeast Asia, according to Assoc. Prof. Vu Minh Khuong.

YBO - Yen Bai province and the Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) have recently signed a cooperation agreement on a digital transformation implementation strategy in the province for 2022-2025, with a vision to 2030.

YBO - The Van Yen health centre in Yen Bai on February 16 received a 27-year-old patient who had been transferred from Phong Du Thuong clinic. The patient was in shock and suffered blood loss, had pale skin, cold limbs, fast pulse and low blood pressure due to a wound in the stomach.