As of the end of 2020, Yen Bai province had over 8,880 food production and business facilities, of which 2,444 were managed by the health sector, 2,789 by the agricultural sector and 3,638 by the industry and trade sector.

YBO - Administrations and people of Yen Bai province have been making concerted efforts in combating COVID-19.

YBO - Last year, Yen Bai spent over 6.24 trillion VND on implementing five projects under the National Target Programme for Poverty Reduction and enforcing six support policies for poverty reduction.

YBO - Yen Bai province created 7,463 jobs for local people in the first four months of the year, accounting for 38.3 percent of the annual plan, the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said.

YBO - Although most of members of the farmers’ association of Mu Cang Chai district belong to the Mong ethnic minority group living in mountainous areas, they have implemented efficient economic models.

YBO - The provincial People’s Committee on April 15 held a gathering for 113 Lao students in Yen Bai to celebrate Bunpimay, the traditional New Year festival of Laos, and presented gifts to the students on the occasion.

YBO - Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s chapter in Yen Bai, Mu Cang Chai authorities, and representatives of the “Khan am cho em” charity fund visited Phinh Ho hamlet in De Xu Phinh commune on April 4 to kick off a bamboo-growing project in Mu Cang Chai district.

YBO - Trees have been planted around the Yen Bai College of Pedagogy as part of the school’s campaign to build a green, clean and safe environment.

YBO - The People’s Committee and Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Yen Bai province on March 28 organised a ceremony to launch the campaign “All people do exercises following the example of great Uncle Ho” during 2021-2030 and the Olympic Day Run for Public Health in 2021.

YBO - The northern province of Yen Bai detected 1,113 cases of illegal immigration in 2015-2020, with 1,796 violators, most of them ethnic people of Mong, Dao, Tay, Cao Lan and Thai, among others.

YBO - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Yen Bai province launched the Youth Month 2021 at a recent ceremony held in Hang Xe village, Xa Ho commune of Tram Tau district.

YBO - Recently, localities, departments, organisations and authorities of Yen Bai have shown active efforts in COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control work.

YBO - The Vietnam Relief Association for Handicapped Children and the Huong Giang centre for handicapped children’s assistance in Yen Bai city handed over gift packages totalling 84 million VND (3,640 USD) to 50 poor children with disabilities studying at the centre during a programme held on January 27.

YBO - According to Yen Bai city’s Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin, there are 355 AO victims receiving regular welfare benefit in the city, of whom 212 directly fought in the resistance war against the US, and 143 are children of people exposed to toxic chemicals during the war.

YBO - Yen Bai province is working to carry out the nutrition in the first 1,000 days for children programme.

YBO - In 2020, the communications on traffic order and safety in Yen Bai were implemented among all levels, sectors and local residents, while emulation movements were launched to create motivation for them to engage in the work.

Born into and growing up in a farmer family in Luc Yen district, Hoang Xuan Khuc has become the owner of Khuc Sen stone carving factory in Tran Phu village, Minh Xuan Commune. He has proved that by working hard and persistently pursuing one’s passion, anyone can get opportunities to become rich.

YBO - In the new 2020-2021academic year, the Nghia Lo Boarding School for Ethnic Students in Yen Bai province has 81 classes with nearly 3,000 students, including 475 newcomers and over 300 boarding students.

YBO - Chu Van An High School in Van Yen district of northern Yen Bai province, formerly known as Van Yen High School, was established in August 1970. There were only six teachers and 99 students at the time, and they had to work in thatch and bamboo classrooms.

YBO - Since the beginning of the year, the women’s unions at all levels in Yen Bai have coordinated with the labour, invalids and social affair sector to organise more than 100 vocational training courses for over 2,000 rural labourers.

One person in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue died, another went missing in Quang Tri and 110 others were injured after storm Noul swept through the central region, reported the Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Located in Yen Ninh Street, Yen Bai city, the AD English centre has attracted more than 300 students of different ages since its inception one year ago.

By August 30, there had been 54 households from six communes in the mountainous district of Tram Tau, Yen Bai province, filing requests to be removed from the poverty list this year.

YBO - A conference reviewing a project on rearrangement of schools and classrooms in Yen Bai province for the 2016-20 period was organised by the Yen Bai People’s Committee.

YBO - The northern province of Yen Bai actively implemented measures to diversely and effectively organise teaching and learning activities for the 2019-2020 school year amid COVID-19 complexities.