YBO - The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 24 organised a ceremony at August 19 Square to announce its development planning during 2021-2023 with a vision to 2050, and the Prime Minister’s decision recognising Yen Bai city as a second-tier urban area.

YBO - A delegation of the Indian Embassy in Vietnam led by Ambassador Sandeep Arya recently had a meeting with leaders of the People's Committee of Yen Bai province.

YBO - Vice Chairwoman of the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee Vu Thi Hien Hanh recently received and had a working session with a delegation of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Vietnam Office to discuss the implementation of a project on providing equipment for some boarding and semi-boarding schools for ethnic minority students in the province. This project is funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) through KOICA.

YBO - A culture and sports centre and a rural road were inaugurated and put into operation in Yen Binh district on September 20 on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Uncle Ho’s visit to Yen Bai province (September 24, 1958 – 2023).

YBO – More than 230,000 students in Yen Bai province joined their peers nationwide to officially enter the 2023 - 2024 academic year on September 5 morning.

YBO -Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai province Ngo Hanh Phuc, who is also President of the Union of Friendship Organisations in Yen Bai, has called for more support to the locality in accessing new non-governmental assistance at a meeting with the Party delegation to the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

YBO– During a recent working trip to China, a delegation of Yen Bai province led by Tran Huy Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, visited and had a working session with the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group.

In the framework of their China trip, Tran Huy Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Yen Bai Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, and the Yen Bai delegation joined Deputy Prime Minister Tran LuuQuang’s delegation to visit and offer flowers to President Ho Chi Minh at a relic site commemorating the leader in Kunming, China. They also visited Yunnan Agricultural Reclamation Group Co., Ltd.

YBO– The 7th China - South Asia Expo and the 27th China Kunming Import & Export Fair opened in Kunming city of China’s Yunnan province on August 16. Yen Bai province has two booths displaying over 50 export products and local “One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) items with export potential.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue expressed his delight at visiting the ancient capital of Isfahan, a leading economic and cultural hub of Iran during a local reception for General Governor of Isfahan province Reza Mortazavi on August 9.

YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Department of Information and Communications recently held a training course on external information service, spokesmanship, and information provision for the press. The event, drawing more than 500 participants across the province, took place both in person and via teleconferencing.

YBO - In 2023, Tran Yen district is striving to build three smart communes, namely Bao Dap, Dao Thinh and Viet Thanh, and three smart villages of Pho Hop (Bao Dap), Village 3 (Dao Thinh) and Lan Dinh (Viet Thanh), and will then replicate the model in the entire district.

YBO - This year, the Yen Bai Vovinam - Karate championships drew 180 athletes of six Vovinam and eight Karate delegations from districts, townships and Yen Bai city as well as provincial departments and sectors.

YBO - The Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee and the EREX joint Stock Company of Japan recently held a ground breaking ceremony for the Erex Sakura Yen Bai biomass fuel plant at the Bac Van Yen industrial cluster in Dong Cuong commune of Van Yen district.

YBO – An investment worth of 7.6 billion VND (320,000 USD) to develop a project on preserving a Tay ethnic traditional cultural village in Muong Lai commune, Luc Yen district in the northern province of Yen Bai, was approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation Promotion of Yen Bai province has held a conference to honour collectives, families and individuals with outstanding contributions to the voluntary blood donation movement in 2023.

Yen Bai province's export turnover reached 151.69 million USD in the first six months of 2023, equal to 88% of the set plan and up 4% year-on-year, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

YBO - As of 5pm on June 27, Yen Bai province had 291,271 accounts on YenBai-S digital citizen app.

YBO – joining over 1 million peers nationwide, more than 8,200 examinees in Yen Bai province engaged in the first day of the 2023 high school graduation tests on June 28.

YBO -Overcoming all difficulties, two male students Giang Anh Tuan and Phan DucHieu from Class 12A1 of Mu Cang Chai High School became the first in the district to achieve IELTS certificate of 7.0 right in the first time of competition.

YBO - Vice Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of Yen Bai province Tran Huy Tuan had a meeting with a delegation of the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam led by its Head of Cooperation Brian Allemekinders.

YBO - In the northern province of Yen Bai, all administrative units hold cadres and civil servant conferences; 85% of enterprises organise employee conferences; and all enterprises hold employee dialogues at workplace and build democratic regulations at work with practical contents, meeting interests of employees.

OYB - The Women’s Union of Yen Bai province has organised a welcome ceremony for Saito Yuriko – a volunteer of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), who will work at the provincial women support centre.

YBO- Tran Yen district of Yen Bai province has three products registered for intellectual property protection, comprising green tea, pomelo, and dried cinnamon bark, and four others registered for geographical indications, namely Bat Do bamboo shoots, Tran Yen honey and chicken, and Quy Mong vermicelli.

YBO - Tran Huy Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Yen Bai provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, hosted a reception for a delegation of Japan’s Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital led by Prof. Tanaka Yoshihide, director for health services and head of the Neurosurgery Department at the hospital, on June 2.