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Conjoined twins successfully separated in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at the Central Paediatrics Hospital in Hanoi on February 27 successfully separated two conjoined babies in an operation that lasted nearly three hours.

Scholar preserves disappearing ethnic writing

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Thai are one of the few minority tribes with their own script, yet few remember how to write it.

Mini-plough devised to till terraced fields

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has invented a mini-ploughing machine for terraced fields in inaccessible areas.

Nghia Lo Town offers visitors taste of highland life

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you want to see the culture and daily life in Viet Nam's mountainous but spectacular northwestern region, Nghia Lo Town in Yen Bai Province is a must-visit destination.

Ethnic minorities reject traditional garb

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minorities are increasingly choosing not to wear their traditional costumes, especially for their daily activities.

Ta Chi Nhu, ocean on clouds

 VietNamNet Bridge – With its 2,979 m altitude, the Ta Chi Nhu peak in the Tram Tau District of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has a harsh climate, but it is an ideal place to “hunt” clouds on beautiful days.

Dawn on the largest artificial lake in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - If anyone ever visits Thac Ba Lake, they will surely not forget the rustic, charming and quite natural beauty of a man-made lake.

Mass folk dance performance planned

VietNamNet Bridge – A mass performance of xoe folk dance with more than 2,000 participants will take place on September 29 in Nghia Lo Town in the northwestern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Yen Bai prepares to show off terraced fields to tourists

 Yen Bai province in the north will organise a cultural and tourism event to promote its Mu Cang Chai terraced fields as a tourism destination.

Majestic beauty of Lung Lo Pass

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lung Lo Pass, located between the provinces of Yen Bai and Son La, is a location with many legends about the wartime.  

Mountain entrepreneurs reach new heights

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanks to their skills and dedication, many young people in Viet Nam's northern mountainous provinces have made the most of their environment to gradually eke out their fortunes at home.

Cultural festival highlights Mu Cang Chai terraced fields

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will hold a culture, sports and tourism week highlighting terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai District from September 26-29 to mark 55 years since President Ho Chi Minh visited the province.

Tigers appear in Yen Bai Province

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in northern Yen Bai Province's Luc Yen District have confirmed the existence of tigers in the local forest, according to district People's Committee chairman Hoang Kim Trong.

Worshipping the roots of sacred plant

VietNamNet Bridge – An ancient tea tree dubbed "Ancestor Tea" grows in the tea forest in Giang B Hamlet in the northwestern province of Yen Bai's Suoi Giang Commune.

VN reports 300,000 A/H1N1 infection cases

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 300,000 people got infected with influenza virus in the first three months of 2013, according to Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Head of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.

More swine flu cases in Lao Cai

VietNamNet Bridge – Three more swine flu cases have been confirmed in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai, bringing the total number of infections to eight.

Swine flu kills another man in Yen Bai

 A 23-year-old man from the northern mountain province of Yen Bai has been confirmed dead at Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi after contracting swine flu.

Raising trionychid turtles in Yen Bai

In recent years, raising trionychid turtles (Tryonyx steinachderi) has boomed in Van Hung Village, Cat Thinh Commune, Van Chan District in Yen Bai province, bringing many households a profit of nearly VND1 billion ($50,000) each year.

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  Duma delegation visits Ninh Thuan power plant site; Party leader tours Lao Cai Province; Party leader visits Yen Bai