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As many as 100,000 trees will be planted during a tree planting programme that was launched at a ceremony held in the Na Tu historical relic site in Cam Giang commune, Bach Thong district of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on August 2.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a dispatch asking relevant ministries, sectors and localities to focus resources on search and rescue along with activities to overcome flood consequences in northern mountainous and midland provinces.

Hat Then (Then singing) with handmade gourd lute called “Dan Tinh” is a distinctive musical genre of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop new-style rural areas in extremely difficulty and insecurity-prone communes and those meeting less than five new-style rural criteria in Bac Kan from 2018 – 2020.

Ancient houses of Hoa ethnic people in B​ang V​an and Th​uong An communes, Ng​an Son district, Bac Kan province have stood for half a century and became a destination

President Tran Dai Quang launched the New Year tree planting festival in Bach Thong district, the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on February 21 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).

Mismanagement has led to an increase in dangerous incidents involving radio-active materials in Vietnam, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac.

The Bac Kan cultural village festival 2017 has been held at the provincial cultural centre.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has suggested the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan seek ways to mobilise resources from the society to invest in transportation infrastructure development, thus propelling socio-economic growth and connecting with regional localities.

A three-day exhibition on historical and legal evidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes opened in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on May 26.

Authorities of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan were asked to work harder to improve quality of life for the H’ Mong ethnic minority people in the locality, thus narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty.

Paperwork is being prepared for Ba Be-Na Hang natural heritage site in the northern provinces of Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang to apply for UNESCO recognition as a world heritage site.

Sink holes have been appearing over the past month in the Chợ Đồn District of the northern mountain province of Bac Kan, generating anxiety among local residents.

The northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on December 29 received the Labour Order, First Class, on the 20th anniversary of its re-establishment.