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Downpours, triggered by an intertropical convergence zone across the north of Vietnam since August 13, have taken their toll in some provinces.

Dual cultural festivals will land the northwest region in September 2016, according to the provincial People’s Committee of Yen Bai at a meeting in the locality on August 11.

The Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people is expected to be recognised as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

Axe- and chisel-shaped moulds made of stone dating back to the Dong Son civilisation (about 2,000 – 3,000 years ago) have been discovered in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

A conference to review the project on protecting human trafficking victims, funded by World Vision, was held in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on June 16.

A delegation of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China led by Vice Minister–Deputy head Li Zhao had a working session with officials from the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region.

Voters in the border district of Ngoc Hoi, the central Highlands of Kon Tum, are ready for the upcoming elections of the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021.

Some 702 solar lanterns have been provided to the northern Yen Bai province by Panasonic.

Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will enhance measures to improve the local investment climate, aiming to facilitate the operation of foreign-invested enterprises.

A working delegation of JICA on February 25 had a working session with leaders of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai in preparation for a project to develop rural areas in the locality.

A group of 400 Shan tea plants in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai have been recognised as Vietnamese heritage trees.

The military is investigating unidentified objects that fell from the sky in two northern provinces, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai, said an army official on January 2.

Friendly ties between the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai and the Lao provinces of Vientiane and Saynhabuly have progressed well over the past years.

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai reviewed five-year outcomes of forming new-style rural localities and set out tasks for 2016-2020 during a conference on December 30.