The Association for the Support of People with Disabilities and Orphans of Son La city on October 21 coordinated with sponsors to present wheelchairs and bicycles to people with disabilities (PWDs), as well as gifts and scholarships to orphans.

Son La province’s athletes grabbed one gold and one bronze at the 2024 National Pencak Silat Championship, held from October 10-20 in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

The provincial Youth Union’s Standing Committee on October 21 coordinated with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and Tay Bac University to organize a training conference on environmental protection and climate change response in 2024.

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of the provincial Agencies and Enterprises Bloc issued a call to all grassroots Party organizations and all officials, civil servants, employees, and workers in the Party Organization to donate money to assist people affected by typhoons Prapiroon and Yagi and subsequent floods.

The provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on October 21 opened a training course on folk culture for members of folk singing and dancing clubs in Chieng Pan commune, Yen Chau district, aiming to preserve and promote the unique cultural values of the Thai ethnic community there.

A working delegation from the Son La provincial People’s Committee led by Vice Chairman Nguyen Thanh Cong on October 17 had a working session with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam to discuss investment promotion, agricultural product sale, and development support through ODA funding. The delegation was received by Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki.

The mountainous district of Bac Yen, blessed with majestic mountains, a cool climate, a “sea” of white clouds,and unique traditional cultures of ethnic communities, is working to gradually turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector and make it develop sustainably. Its tourist attractions include Ta Xua, "Dinosaur's spine", A Phu couple cave, and Xim Vang terraced fields.

Bac Yen district on October 17 evening organised a pageant entitled “Beauty in Ethnic Costumes” as part of the activities during the Cultural, Sports, and Tourism Week in celebration the 60th anniversary of the district and its Party Organisation (1964-2024).

As part of activities to celebrate the 60th founding anniversary of Bac Yen district and its Party Organization (1964-2024), ‘top’ panpipe dances of the Mong ethnic group were performed by artisans and residents in Son La and Yen Bai provinces on October 18, at the district stadium.

The Son La provincial Military Command on October 18 held a meeting to mark the 78th anniversary of the traditional day of the armed forces of Military Region 2 (October 19, 1946 - 2024).

A delegation from the Son La provincial Department of Public Security led by Secretary of the Party Committee and Director Major General Nguyen Ngoc Van has paid a working visit to the Department of Public Security of Laos’ Houaphanh province.

The Son La provincial Department of Education and Training organised a conference on October 17 to provide consultancy on removing difficulties and obstacles in implementing contracts for primary health care and food safety in organising school meals in the province.

The provincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Board, Petrovietnam, Phu nu Thu do (Capital Women) Newspaper, and the provincial Female Journalists Club, in coordination with Pac Nga commune of Bac Yen district, held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 17 for a new boarding house and supporting facilities for girl students at the Pac Nga Secondary School.

Since the beginning of this year, trade and service activities in the province have been growing stably, with total retail sales of goods reaching over 26.88 trillion VND (1.07 billion USD) in the first nine months, up 14.19% year-on-year

As part of the project on developing resident data, electronic identification and authentication applications to serve national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, Son La province has so far this year completed all the 25 essential public services.

To implement the Party's guidelines and the policies of the State and the province regarding foreign relations, Moc Chau district has continuously maintained and developed strong ties with Sop Bao district of Laos’ Houaphanh province through various economic and cultural exchanges, and activities to ensure border security.

A delegation from Son La province led by Vice Chairman Nguyen Thanh Cong of the provincial People's Committee held a working session on October 17 with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union on promoting agricultural products and organizing the Son La Agricultural Products Week in Hanoi.