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 Ba Be - Bac Kan Tourism Week 2017 kicked off on November 18 at Ba Be Lake in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.

Rich mineral deposits and timber plantation potential of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan were highlighted to prospective investors by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 19.

Vietnam and FAO agreed a country programme framework for cooperation between 2017 and 2021 during a ceremony to mark the 37th World Food Day held in northern Bac Kan province on October 14.

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.

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.

A 500-bed general hospital was inaugurated in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan on December 27 after six years of construction.

Various events highlighting the culture and history of the northern province of Bac Kan will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the province’s establishment.

The northern province of Bac Kan aims to develop Ba Be into a national tourist site and make tourism a key sector, thereby boosting the locality’s socio-economic development.

The northern province of Bac Kan aims to develop Ba Be into a national tourist site and make tourism a key sector, thereby boosting the locality’s socio-economic development.

The Prime Minister has approved project proposals on poverty reduction in the northern mountainous provinces of Cao Bang and Bac Kan.