YBO - The War Veterans’ Association of Yen Bai city consists of 16 chapters with 127 branches and 5,886 members at present.

YBO - In the first half of 2022, Yen Bai province recorded 11,150 pregnant women with over 16,700 arrivals in medical establishments for examination. Among them, nearly 3,500 women received antenatal check-ups at least four times.

Nghia Lo township is home to more than 800 children under 16 years old, 60% of whom are from ethnic minority groups, and 700 are in especially difficult circumstances.

YBO - Over the past years, the Red Cross Society of Yen Bai (RCSYB) province and its chapters have rolled out measures to promote the effectiveness of the campaign “every organisation and individual attaches to a humanitarian address”, mobilising a large number of organisations and individuals to taking care of the poor.

As many as 12 students with difficult circumstances, including six from ethnic minorities, received scholarships of the “Brighten the future” fund over the last 18 months.

YBO - After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have opened their doors to foreign workers, and Yen Bai province has taken the opportunity to promote labour export to such lucrative markets as the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is in line with the job creation target.

YBO - The development of high-tech and specialised services at hospitals in Yen Bai province, with support from Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital over the past five years, has met locals’ increasing and diverse demand for medical examination and treatment.

YBO - Yen Bai province has 147,627 children aged 6-15 years old, including 85,520 members of Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organisation.

YBO - The development of high-tech and specialised services at hospitals in Yen Bai province, with support from Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital over the past five years, has met locals’ increasing and diverse demand for medical examination and treatment.

YBO - The People's Committee of Yen Bai province has recently issued Plan No. 125/KH-UBND on the implementation of the Vietnam Health Programme in the province in the 2022 – 2025 period.

YBO - A project on educating and encouraging women to participate in solving some social issues related to women in the 2017 – 2027 period (Project 938) was promulgated by the Government in June, 2017.

The workers’ month this year takes place in the new normal, and all-level trade union agencies in Yen Bai province have flexibly organised activities towards trade union members and labourers.

YBO - Yen Bai province’s learning encouragement association has opened five classes on Nom-Dao writing (ancient Vietnamese and Dao ideographic scripts).

YBO - A project on expanding the scale of rural clean water and sanitation programme with loans from the World Bank has been carried out in 21 disadvantaged provinces in the northern mountainous, Central Highlands and south central regions since 2016.

The Hanoi Police on April 29 launched a campaign to maintain security and social order during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), the region's biggest sport events.

YBO - The Women’s Union of Yen Bai province has launched a campaign themed "Building the family of 5 nos, 3 cleans", which means no poverty, no law violations and social evils, no domestic violence, no violation of population policy and no children who are malnourished and drop out of school; clean house, clean kitchen and clean alley.

YBO - The Women's Union of Yen Bai province, together with Hagar International in Vietnam, have organised a workshop to share experience in multi-sectoral and trauma-informed interventions.

YBO - Tram Tau, a highland district of northern Yen Bai province, is home to 12 ethnic groups. Of which, the Mong accounts for nearly 80 percent and the Thai over 13 percent.

YBO - The district has issued Plan No.51 dated July 7, 2021 on improving Happiness Index, on the basis of which local departments and administrations have accelerated awareness-raising campaigns to engage the local political system and all people into the fulfillment of the goal.

YBO - The index of happiness among the residents in Tran Yen district of Yen Bai province reached 65.68 percent in 2021, a survey showed.

YBO - By the end of 2021, Yen Bai province had built, maintained, and improved the quality of 8,789 groups and clubs about family, health care and environmental protection.

YBO - With many effective models such as “F0 support team,” “social welfare bags-fighting COVID-19,” and “shippers in blue,” members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Yen Bai province have accompanied COVID-19 patients in the province and joined hands in pushing back.

YBO - Yen Bai province had recorded more than 52,000 COVID-19 infections. Amid the surge of new cases, the province has applied flexible measures to contain the spread of the disease and provide treatment for the infected.

YBO - The northern province of Yen Bai has faced numerous difficulties in English teaching and learning in mountainous schools due to a lack of teachers and teaching equipment.

YBO - The Departments of Health and Information and Communications of Yen Bai province, in cooperation with FPT Information System Co., Ltd, have developed a portal to support and provide health consultations to COVID-19 patients treated at home and medical facilities.