Ta Hoc commune was established via merging Na Bo and Ta Hoc communes. It now has 20 villages and residential clusters, with over 3,200 households and 13,704 residents, including 8,408 people of working age. Most rural labourers in the commune are from the Mong, Thai, and Kho Mu ethnic groups. Focusing on job creation for rural workers, the commune has coordinated efforts to improve vocational training, implement preferential credit programmes for job creation, and connect with enterprises to recruit workers, helping people secure stable jobs and increase their income.

The GREAT Project Management Board and the GREAT Project Management Consultancy Office on November 27 evaluated the effectiveness and scalability of the subproject on developing Son La’s commercial medicinal herb zones under the GREAT 2 Project in To Mua and Song Khua communes.

Since the beginning of this year, farmers in Van Ho commune have planted 557 hectares of various vegetables, mainly Chinese cabbage, kohlrabi, cauliflower, chayote, and tomatoes, with a total yield of 6,684 tonnes.

Son La province currently has 23 credit institutions, 49 transaction offices, and 269 transaction points, along with 80 ATMs/CDMs and 157 POS acceptance points.

A working delegation from Son La province led by Cha A Cua, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, on November 26 visited the Lao Embassy in Vietnam to offer congratulations on the 50th anniversary of Laos’ National Day (December 2, 1975 – 2025) and the 105th birthday of President Kaysone Phomvihane.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ha Trung Chien chaired a conference on November 26 to present a decision approving the investment policy and the investor for the Highland Grands eco-agricultural hotel and resort complex project.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on November 26 inspected the borderlines, national border markers, and security and order along the border areas of Long Phieng, Phieng Khoai, and Yen Son communes.

Son La has channeled investment into school infrastructure and upgraded equipment for boarding and semi-boarding campuses, while accelerating literacy initiatives and expanding vocational training and job creation for local workers.

Lo Minh Hung, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, and deputy head of the provincial Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation (Steering Committee 2009), on November 25 chaired a meeting to review the committee's performance in November and to launch its key tasks for December.

The Son La provincial Red Cross Society, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) and the Sustainability Investment Promotion and Development Joint Stock Company (SIPCO), organised a programme in Long Phieng commune on November 25 to distribute water purifiers as part of community and climate action initiatives.

The Son La provincial Women’s Union on November 25 organised a training conference to improve basic knowledge and skills in preventing high-tech crime, drug-related crime, human trafficking, and the harmful effects of alcohol for 150 trainees who are officials and members of the women’s unions from 75 communes and wards across the province.

The Son La art troupe won three A, four B, and one C prizes at the 2nd National Muong Ethnic Culture Festival 2025, which closed in Hanoi on November 24.

The Son La provincial Youth Union’s standing board, in coordination with the People’s Committee of Chieng Khoong commune, on November 24 organised a programme to bring gifts and meals to disadvantaged students at Muong Cai Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities.

The provincial Election Committee convened its first meeting of the committee on November 24.

Group No. 12 of the 15th provincial People’s Council met with voters in Tuong Ha commune ahead of the council’s 12th session on November 24.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Nguyen Viet Cuong, together with Group No. 10 of the council, met with voters in Chieng Sung commune ahead of the 12th session of the 15th provincial People’s Council for the 2021-2026 term.

The Son La provincial Women’s Union held a training conference on law dissemination and education on November 24.