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.

YBO - As many as 6,942 students of the 12th grade in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, or 97.91 percent of the total, are expected to graduate from the high school this year.

YBO - In order to achieve goals set in the Government’s birth rate adjustment programme for regions till 2030, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai issued a plan to carry out the programme.

YBO - In the Luc Yen News fanpage, there recently posted an image featuring an announcement of Facebook account Dinh Tho in Lang Muong village, To Mau commune, Luc Yen district on the delay of his daughter’s wedding to implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

YBO - More than 7,400 students in the northern province of Yen Bai sat for this year’s national high school graduation exam at 27 test venues, with 337 test rooms and 1,500 examination staff.

YBO - Decision 1357/QD-UBND by the provincial People's Committee on approving the Housing Development Programme in Yen Bai by 2020, with a vision to 2030, has identified housing development as the task of Party committees, authorities, social community and people.

YBO - The People’s Committee of Yen Bai province on July 26 issued a document on intensifying COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the locality.

During her 80 years of life, Hoang Thi Quan has almost four decades as a master of the “Then” singing and become a famous “Then” practitioner in Van Yen - the land of cinnamon.

YBO - Activities in the summer volunteer youth campaign are being carried out simultaneously and creatively that suit local conditions.

YBO - According to the Yen Bai Department of Education and Training, a provincial-level contest to select excellent secondary students in the school year 2019-2020 ended, with 258 awards presented including nine first, 39 second, 74 third and 136 consolation prizes.

YBO - With her courage, confidence and acumen, Trieu Thi Minh Hien, a farmer from Son Trung village, Mai Son commune, Luc Yen district who used to work full-time on the farms, has become a successful businesswoman highly regarded by local people and authorities.

YBO - In the recent past, Yen Bai province has harnessed resources for promoting the expanded immunisation programme. Aside from opportunely providing sufficient vaccines, other supplies and funding, all-level authorities, sectors, organisations and localities have coordinated in steering and organising the programme implementation.