YBO - Issuing planting area codes as well as well implementing traceability are currently creating opportunities to increase the competitiveness of Yen Bai’s agricultural products in both domestic and export markets.

YBO - Viettel Yen Bai has recently partnered with the Yen Bai provincial Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Information and Communications to organise a digital transformation workshop for over 30 local enterprises and cooperatives.

YBO -After years of preparation, at the beginning of 2023, the silk cocoon processing factory of the Yen Bai Sericulture JSC in Bao Dap commune, Tran Yen district was officially put into operation. Initially, two silk incubator chains for export will be launched, creating jobs for nearly 100 local workers.

Nowadays, a lot of Mong people in Mu Cang Chai district are engaged in the farming of carp on terraced fields after each transplanting season, bringing higher economic value.

Viet Hong commune of Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province, boasts favourable natural conditions for farming sturgeon. Making use of the potential, some local households have developed the farming of the cold-water fish in recent years and harvested initial success.

YBO - Luc Yen district authorities have organised a ceremony to receive certificates for using the trademarks of three local products granted by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IPO) under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

YBO - The mountainous province of Yen Bai has a total natural land area of 689,268 ha, including 464,008 ha of forest land. With a forest coverage of 63%, the province is one of the six provinces with the largest forest coverage in the country.

YBO - Tram Tau district has rolled out favourable policies to help local strong products meet criteria of the One Commune One Products (OCOP) programme. Many plants have become commodities of high economic value.

YBO – Along with great contributions to socio-economic development, businesses and entrepreneurs in Yen Bai province have actively provided support for the locality’s social welfare work.

YBO - Yen Bai province granted registration certificates to 27 new enterprises in the first two months of 2023, reaching 8.2% of its yearly target.

YBO - In 2023, Tran Yen plans to have additional four communes completing the criteria of the new-style rural area building programme and two others finishing those for model new-style rural areas, thus fulfilling its target of having 50% of the total communes becoming advanced new-style rural areas.

YBO - Yen Bai province has mobilised resources to speed up the implementation of key projects worth nearly 12.2 trillion VND (nearly 514.8 million USD), including 21 new projects worth over 10.2 trillion VND, and five behind-schedule projects with a total investment of nearly 2 trillion VND.

YBO - Thanks to the adoption of flexible solutions, export activities in Yen Bai province have continued to be promoted, contributing to maintaining growth.

YBO - Yen Bai plans to plant 15,500 ha of forest in 2023, including 12,000 ha in the spring crop. So far, people throughout the province have planted trees on over 6,500 ha, equivalent to 42% of the set target.

YBO - The People’s Committee of northern Yen Bai province has recently held a meeting with businesses and investors.

YBO - The mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing zone of Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province, has seen the mindset changed from agricultural production to agricultural economy, which has enhanced farmers’ connectivity in production, processing, and sale.

In addition to supporting ethnic minority communities, collectives in Yen Bai have actively studied the demand and strength of one another, serving their connectivity and promotion of production and business effectiveness.

YBO - Over the past years, Yen Bai province has comprehensively stepped up friendship exchanges and cooperation with traditional partners and expanded ties with international ones to boost economic diplomacy, which has substantially contributed to its socio-economic development achievements.

YBO - Covering a large area, Van Chan is a district with great potential for forestry development. Over the past years, along with paying attention to improving the forest cover rate, the district has encouraged local residents to step up intensive farming, increase planting density and get higher wood reserve as well as its quality.

YBO - As the spring comes, people in all localities, including Kien Thanh, Hong Ca, Hung Khanh, Van Hoi, Viet Hong, Viet Cuong, Dao Thinh, Bao Dap, Quy Mong of Tran Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai are eager to begin afforestation with new enthuasiasm and new determination.

After a week-long Lunar New Year holiday, companies, businesses and cooperatives in Yen Bai province immediately resumed operations to fulfil orders for the first months of the year.

The Party Committee of the provincial agencies and enterprises’ bloc, in coordination with the Business Association of Yen Bai province, recently organised a ceremony in Thac Ba township, Yen Binh district, to mark the launch of business activities of the year 2023.

YBO - Luc Yen district is well known for food specialties including orange, purple potato, eggplant, duck, and capon.

Previously, when the locality was yet to be connected to the electric grid, 90 households in Lang Mit village, Van Yen district’s Tan Hop commune, pooled money to buy electric wires and poles to bring electricity to the village. However, the self-made electric line could only meet lighting needs.

YBO - Taking advantage of the fertile alluvial soil along the Red River, people in Yen Bai province grow canna indica as a raw material for making vermicelli. With their diligence and continuing learning, they have made the trade well-known inside and outside the province.