A carnival gathering 300 performers from 14 communes and wards in Nghia Lo town is scheduled for October 8 – 13 as the curtain raiser of the 2020 Muong Lo Culture – Tourism Festival.

YBO - The Truong Thanh Investment Construction and Development JSC on October 4 held a ceremony to celebrate the successful start of operation of Pa Hu hydropower plant in the northern province of Yen Bai.

YBO - A meeting was held in Yen Bai province on September 28 to announce the Politburo’s decision on the personnel work.

YBO - The 19th Party Congress of Yen Bai province for the 2020-2025 tenure, with the participation of 235 outstanding delegates representing the over 57,600 Party members of the local Party organisation, took place from September 22 to 24 and arrived at success.

A boulder exploited in Luc Yen (Yen Bai province), measuring 2.6m in height and weighing over 1 tonne, was viewed as the world’s largest ruby root at the moment.

YBO - Chairman of the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee Do Duc Duy recently had a working session with a delegation of the Foreign Ministry led by Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long, Director of the ministry’s Department for Foreign Affairs of Provinces.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 16 hosted a reception for Dutch and Belgian Ambassadors, Elsbeth Akkerman and Paul Jansen, along with EU investors who want to pour capital into a seaport logistics project worth nearly 1 billion USD in Vietnam.

Dotors of Luc Yen District’s medial centre has successfully performed a surgery to remove a rare tumor weighing 1.1 kg for a 50-year-old female patient in Khanh Thien commune.

Home to 57,000 Tay ethnic people, one third of the province’s total Tay ethnic population, Luc Yen district has worked tirelessly to preserve traditional culture, especially language, costumes, practices, and especially then singing - “spirit” of the Tay people.

Canadian and Russian experts shared their thoughts on Vietnam’s path to independence and its accomplishments over the last 75 years at recent events.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province has issued Decision No. 739/QD-UBND on approving the Public Administrative Reform Index in 2019 of departments and sectors, and People’s Committees of cities, districts and towns.

In 2020, Yen Binh district in the northeastern province of Yen Bai has selected five supply chain projects to carry out with combined investment totaling over 11 billion VND (475,286 USD).

YBO - The 10th patriotic emulation congress of Yen Bai province took place on August 20, bringing together 215 delegates who are role models in local emulation campaigns.

YBO - Yen Bai’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union partnered with the provincial Department of Education and Training, Department of Science and Technology, and the association of young entrepreneurs to host the final round of the first startup idea competition for local students on August 20.

YBO - On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2), on August 19, Party Central Committee member and Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Pham Thi Thanh Tra visited and presented gifts to welfare beneficiaries in Yen Bai city.

YBO - Yen Bai now has more than 770,000 mobile phone subcribers, including over 480,000 smartphone users.

YBO - Yen Bai province attended a national video conference on the implementation of a plan to enforce the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) on August 6, during which it defined that the implementation roadmap will be divided into two phases.

YBO - Between July 5 and 7, the Yen Bai authorities organised nine working delegations to inspect COVID-19 prevention and control work, the preparation for the high school graduation examination, as well as the implementation of political tasks in local districts, towns, and cities.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang highlighted Vietnam’s viewpoint that all activities in its Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos without permission of the country are void and not conducive to peace, security and stability in the East Sea, and that Vietnam resolutely protests those.

Police in the northern border province of Lao Cai said on August 3 that they have broken down a drug trafficking ring, seizing three suspects and 84,800 tablets of meth.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a one-day regular Cabinet meeting for July on August 3, which focused on seeking measures to fulfil socio-economic goals amidst COVID-19 pandemic.

The Yen Bai People’s Committee has issued Announcement No 94/TB-UBND to inform relevant departments, sectors, organisations, and localities in the province on the organisation of the 10th Yen Bai Patriotic Emulation Congress.

YBO - Located in northern part Yen Bai province, Van Yen district spans 139,000 hectares, of which 75 percent are arable land. The Van Yen cinnamon growing area dates backs years ago and is part of local Dao people’s life.

Vietnam has reiterated its support for a comprehensive, fair and long-term solution to the conflict between Palestine and Israel reached through dialogues and negotiations, and the realisation of undeniable legal rights of Palestinians.

YBO - Over the last five years, nearly 282,000 local members of the Ho Chi Minh Vanguard Children’s Union (HVCU) have registered to take part in the HVCU member training programme. Among them, more than 168,000 have received programme completion certificates, and over 270,000 have been granted with the “Uncle Ho’s Good Children” title.