YBO - Thanks to many support programmes and policies, the farming of Vit bau, a specialty duck breed of Lam Thuong commune, Luc Yen district, has been expanded to many other localities across Yen Bai province.

YBO - Tran Yen district of Yen Bai province planned to plant more than 180 ha of “Bat do” bamboo shoots in 2022, mainly in the four communes of Luong Thinh, Hong Ca, Kien Thanh and Hung Khanh.

The temperature in Yen Bai province has dropped sharply over the past few days after moderate to heavy rains with temperatures below 7 degree Celsius in the mountains area since February 18.

YBO - The total retail sales of consumer goods and services of Yen Bai province was estimated at over 1.6 trillion VND (70,700 USD) in January, up 5.6 percent compared to the previous month and 6.17 percent year-on-year.

YBO - On these days, Van Chan district of Yen Bai province is sending more staff to communes to check, remind and guide farmers to prevent and control hunger and cold for their livestock.

YBO - The marketwatch office of Yen Bai province has ordered tightening inspection and management to stabilise the market, take an initiative in trade fraud prevention, and protect consumers’ rights as Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is approaching.

YBO - Though the COVID-19 situation remains complicated and unpredictable, production and business establishments in Yen Bai province, especially the distributors of goods serving the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, have devised detailed plans to stockpile essential goods, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

YBO - Luc Yen district has 12 products that earn three-star rating in Yen Bai province’s ‘One Commune, One Product’ programme.

YBO - The centre for youth activities of Yen Bai province has freshly opened a shop to introduce products made by local young people.

YBO - A series of measures are implemented in Yen Bai province to increase purchasing power and stimulate market demand amid negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The steering board for the sustainable forest development programme of Yen Bai province recently held a conference to review forest protection and wildfire prevention work in the dry season for 2021-22.

YBO - Over the past years, farmers in Vien Son commune, Van Yen district have expanded organic cinnamon areas to generate stable output while protecting the living environment.

YBO - Under the second phase of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) funded by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in the northern province of Yen Bai, the provincial Farmers’ Union in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund piloted a model of assigning forest protection for residential communities in Tan Phong and Dong Ke villages in Tan Nguyen commune, Yen Binh district.

The Kim Boi joint Stock Company in the northern province of Hoa Binh has exported 28 tonnes of processed fresh bamboo shoots to the Netherlands - a new and promising market in Europe.

The 15th National Assembly has recently approved a resolution on socio-economic development plan in 2022.

YBO - The Yen Bai Department of Science and Technology and the People’s Committee of Tran Yen District co-hosted a conference to announce and hand over the certificates for trademark registration of the district’s pomelo, green tea and dried cinnamon.

YBO - Amid complicated and unpredictable developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial Department of Industry and Trade issued Plan No.2592/KH-SCT dated November 17 to ensure production and circulation of goods and necessities, closely monitor supply and demand to meet public demand.

YBO - Economic development as well as industrial and handicraft activities and agricultural modernisation have become one of the reasons behind environmental pollution.

YBO - Luc Yen district has implemented the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme with many specific solutions designed for typical local agricultural products such as Lam Thuong dried bamboo shoots, Khanh Thien sticky rice and Minh Tien peanut...

YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Department of Industry and Trade, in coordination with the Export Promotion Centre of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency, has held a conference linking suppliers with exporters and trade promotion organisations.

YBO - A trade promotion event in Yen Bai is scheduled to take place on October 28 via videoconference.

YBO - In 2019 and 2020, Van Yen district had 15 products meeting standards of the “One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) programme as recognised by the Yen Bai provincial People’s Committee. It is expected to have from six to eight more qualified products by the end of 2021.

In the first nine months of 2021, Party organisations and Party cells in Yen Bai city in the province of the same name presented badges of Party membership to 471 members.

YBO - Yen Bai province has set a target to cultivate over 9,920 ha of farmland in the winter crop of 2021, raking in an estimated economic value of about 300 billion VND (13.16 million USD), or approximately 30 million VND per ha.

YBO - Currently, the Luc Yen district in Yen Bai province boasts over 4,600 ha of cinnamon plantations, including more than 1,000 ha of organic ones.