YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, in coordination with the Thieu nien Tien phong (Vanguard Teenagers) and Nhi dong (Children) newspapers, organised knowledge and handwriting contests on April 16, attracting 120 students from 15 primary and junior high schools across Yen Bai city.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai on April 15 launched activities in response to the eight Vietnam Book Day 2021 (April 21) on April 15 in the province’s museum.

YBO - Yen Bai province secured the 33rd position out of the country’s 63 provinces and cities in the 2020 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) rankings, released on April 15, moving up three places from the 2019 list and among the best performers in the mid-performance group.

YBO - Trade unions at all levels in Nghia Lo town have paid attention to improve their their performance to protect legal and legitimate rights and interests of labourers in the first half of the 2018 – 2023 tenure.

YBO - Located at an altitude of more than 1,500 metres, the Suoi Giang tourism area in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, is home to over 423 hectares of “Shan” tea, including 40,000 old tea trees aged at least 100 years old which were listed among the six ancestral tea varieties of the world.

YBO - The State President has issued Decision No. 455/QD-CTN on presenting the title of “Excellent Teacher” to 971 teachers who make outstanding contributions to the education and training cause of the nation, including 10 teachers of Yen Bai province.

YBO - Vice Chairwoman of the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee Vu Thi Hien Hanh and leaders of the Department of Public Security and Department of Home Affairs recently visited and extended Easter greetings to the Diocese of Hung Hoa in Hanoi’s Son Tay township.

YBO - Yen Bai’s Industrial Production Index (IIP) in March rose by 32.53 percent from the previous month and 11.13 percent from the same period last year. In the first quarter of 2021, the index expanded 10.03 percent year-on-year.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has ordered tightening the management of foreign workers who are investors, managers, experts and technicians at firms and organisations in the locality in line with regulations.

The Government will maintain efforts to build a socialist state ruled by law and of the people, by the people, for the people, newly-elected Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed while taking the oath of office on April 5.

The National Assembly (NA) elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member of the 13th tenure and a deputy of the 14th legislature, as State President for the 2016-2021 term on April 5 morning, during the 14th legislature’s 11th sitting.

Vietnam always pays attention to creating favourable conditions for businesses and investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to expand their activities in the nation, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, noting that the bilateral ties are getting stronger thanks to the presence of Korean conglomerates like Samsung, SK, Hanwha, Deawoo, and Lotte in Vietnam.

YBO - The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai now has three points of sale displaying and selling One Commune, One Product (OCOP) products.

YBO - The Office of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai recently held a conference on the building of a data transmission network (level 2) of Party and State agencies in the locality, along with a cyber security and safety monitoring system.

YBO - A total 52 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have registered to operate in Yen Bai.

YBO - Through HIV/AIDS testing, Yen Bai has detected 26 new HIV carriers so far this year, up 13 cases compared to the same period in 2020, including 22 men and four women, lifting the total number of HIV/AIDS patients in the province to 6,075.

From the Medical Centre of Yen Binh district of northern Yen Bai province, information and images on topics related to cardiovascular emergency aid shared by doctors from Bach Mai Hospital were transmitted to medical centres of eight districtsin Yen Bai via telehealth system.

YBO - Chairman of the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee Tran Huy Tuan has signed Decision 387/QD-UBND announcing results of the 2020 District and Department Competitiveness Index (DDCI) survey. Accordingly, the Department of Planning and Investment and Yen Bai city took the lead in the rankings.

YBO - Vice Chairman of the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Chien Thang on March 10 held an online working session with Mayor Hagiwara Seiji of Mimasaka city in Japan’s Okayama prefecture, to begin the implementation of a bilateral cooperation agreement.

“The State of Vietnam was the first state in history to exercise its sovereignty over the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) since they were ownerless pieces of land, at least since the 17th century. Vietnam has sufficient historical evidence that has legal value to testify to its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa,” an expert has said.

Young people in Yen Bai recently launched the 2021 Youth Month with a ceremony in Tram Tau district, along with a host of activities.

Yen Bai province has provided consultations to local firms in completing procedures to register protection of intellectual property for 17 products during 2018-2020.

Every country in the world has traditional outfits that contain its unique cultural essence. In Vietnam, though there are no official documents indicating that the ao dai (traditional long dress) is the national outfit, in the minds of many, especially international friends, it is considered a symbol of Vietnamese culture.

Vietnam launches its COVID-19 inoculation drive on March 8 morning, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to medical workers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and northern Hai Duong province – the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot at present.

The district of Van Yen has recently launched a stall displaying local “One Commune, One Product” products at Dong Cuong Temple in Ben Den village, Dong Cuong commune on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2021.