YBO - Yen Bai province is providing monthly allowance for 1,107 policy beneficiaries, including those who took part in resistance wars and were affected by toxic chemicals and their offspring.

YBO - The wedding of Tu Anh from Yen Bai province and his bride Tuyet Mai from An Giang took place on November 21, becoming a special wedding for which the couples only received books as gifts.

YBO - Thanks to efforts to improve civil servants’ attitude and performance while serving people and to practice grassroots democracy, the political system at all levels in Tran Yen district of Yen Bai province has substantially reformed mass mobilisation activities.

The council for coordination in law dissemination and education of Yen Bai province held a ceremony in Van Chan district on November 1 to launch the action month for the Vietnam Law Day (November 9). Since then, agencies and localities across the province have been taking various measures to popularise the Law Day and legal documents via their portals, meetings, and other activities.

YBO - The General Hospital of Yen Bai province has held a forum on science - technology development and application during 2016 - 2021.

YBO - The Chairman of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai city has held a dialogue with local youngsters on the topic of “city youth joins hands in building new-styled rural areas, civilised urban areas, boosting economic development and charity activities for the community”.

YBO - A workshop on the inclusion of medicinal plant cultivation in local socio-economic development plans was held recently by the Yen Bai Centre for Development of Science - Technology and Community Healthcare (YEN BAI CDSH), with financial support from the EU Delegation to Vietnam for a project on improving the governance of the medicinal plant value chain.

YBO - Tran Quoc Thai, a 7th grader of the Lam Giang Secondary School in Van Yen district, has won a silver medal at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad (HKIMO) 2021.

YBO - Giang A De, Director of the Yen Bai-based Hello Mu Cang Chai Trade and Travel Co. Ltd., has been honoured with “Thanh Nien Song Dep” (Youth with meaningful life) Award by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee this year.

YBO - The Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation of Yen Bai province has held a ceremony to honour 100 outstanding blood donors in 2021.

YBO - Yen Bai is one of 12 provinces selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to pilot the implementation of a set of good behaviour within the family.

YBO - Over the past years, the emulation campaign on women good at balancing professional work and personal life has been spread among female labourers in Yen Bai province, helping to promote women’s position and role in different spheres of the social life.

YBO - The Yen Bai Farmers’ Union has launched the model club of farmers with successful production and business in Hung Thinh commune, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province.

YBO - In recent years, Party committees and administrations at all levels in Yen Bai province have promoted local sectors and organisations’ participation in the combat against drug crime, with strong determination, uniform solutions, and appropriate measures taken.

YBO - Hundreds of lighting works implemented by young people in Yen Bai province have been put into operation, contributing to improving the face of local rural areas.

YBO - Changes have been seen in hygiene perception and behaviour of ethnic minority people in Yen Bai thanks to the four-year implementation of the WB-funded Results-based Scaling Up Rural Sanitation and Water Supply Programme.

YBO - The Vu family in Nghia Lo town has 37 households with 118 people. Of them, there are 37 Party members, 35 have university or college degrees and one person has a master's degree.

YBO - A contest of excellent high school students at the provincial level and select members for teams representing the province in the national competition in the 2021-2022 academic year took place from September 26-30 at Nguyen Tat Thanh High School for the Gifted and Nguyen Hue High School.

YBO - The Yen Bai provincial Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on September 29 received 10 million VND donated to the COVID-19 combat by the “Heart to Heart” charity club of high schools in Yen Bai province.

YBO - Tran Yen district of Yen Bai has so far had 100 percent of its communes complete the criterion on health care for a new-style rural area, one year ahead of the target set in the resolution of the district's People's Council.

YBO - Yen Bai province has 30 intergenerational clubs that support each other, with more than 1,300 members.

YBO - Yen Bai is currently home to 173 communal-level medical units meeting national standards on health care, accounting for over 79 percent of the total across the province.

YBO - According to Yen Bai province’s Social Insurance Agency, the local Health Insurance Fund pays 600-800 billion VND for medical examination and treatment each year. In many cases, patients are paid up to hundreds of millions of VND for a course of treatment.

The Women's Union in Van Yen district has been implementing a campaign on building hygienic habits for families initiated by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee alongside another on building civilised lifestyle in urban and rural areas, with encouraging results.

YBO - Nearly 226,000 students in Yen Bai province officially began the 2021 - 2022 academic year on September 5 morning.