Muong La district is carrying out several models for growing medicinal plants under production-consumption chains. Notable examples include the Phu Tue Traditional Medicine Cooperative in Muong La, established in 2021, which currently has 15 members and 1.5 hectares of ginseng. The Dang Duong One-Member Limited Liability Company in Muong Bu commune, in addition to its 3-star OCOP papaya flower product, has also linked with local households to cultivate ginseng in Ta Bung hamlet, Ta Bu commune. Additionally, the Nam Son – Phu Luong Cooperative in Na Loc hamlet, It Ong town, established in 2021, specializes in producing medicinal products. It has invested in a seedling nursery and linked with local households to grow medicinal plants such as ​​ca gai leo (herbal ginseng), dang sam (Codolopsis sp), and chrysanthemums.

In the highland communes of Hang Dong, Hang Chu, and Ta Xua in Bac Yen district, the cultivation of medicinal plants has expanded to over 1,000 hectares, with the main crops being cardamom, sa nhan (Amomum), and cinnamon. Notably, in 2024, Hang Dong commune cooperated with the district's Division of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide 14,000 cardamom seedlings and over 23,200 cinnamon trees to local households. Now, the commune has more than 100 hectares of cardamom, sa nhan, and cinnamon. Many models are proving effective, generating income of over 100 million VND (3,965 USD) per year, contributing to local poverty reduction and socioeconomic development.

Meanwhile, in Van Ho district, there are over 146 hectares of medicinal plants with 16 main species distributed mainly in Lien Hoa, Long Luong, Chieng Xuan, and To Mua communes. Nguyen Manh Cuong, head of the district’s Division for Ethnic Affairs, stated that about 400 hectares in the district are suitable for growing medicinal plants. In 2024, the district announced the selection of a unit responsible for implementing a project to develop a precious medicinal plant area in the district.

The project aims to zone off at least 210 hectares of land for cultivating valuable medicinal plants, create areas for preservation, processing, and extraction that meet GMP and GSP standards for medicinal plant products, and establish at least two traceable, sustainable medicinal products. The project will also create stable employment for at least 300 local workers, 50% of whom will be from ethnic minority groups. The proposed locations are Van Ho, Song Khua, Lien Hoa, and Long Luong communes. The project has a total investment of 230 billion VND.

Cam Thi Phong, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the scheme for developing sustainable and concentrated agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture using high technology until 2025, with a vision for 2030, aims to develop a large-scale, concentrated medicinal plant material zone, linked with preservation, processing, and consumption under value chains. By 2030, Son La aims to have 30,000 hectares of medicinal plants. With the implementation of synchronous solutions, the province currently has over 15,000 hectares of medicinal plants and son tra trees.

In the development of medicinal plants, the province encourages the cultivation of 55 medicinal plant species on a large, concentrated scale, including artichokes, white beans, do trong (Eucommia ulmoides Oliv,), duong quy (Angelica), gac, Jiaogulan, ginger, Fallopia multiflora, buckwheat flowers, hoai son (Rhizoma Dioscoreae), kim tien thao (Desmodium styracifolium), plantain, turmeric, cinnamon, lemongrass, sa nhan, Ngoc Linh ginseng, tam that (Panax notoginseng), hoang cung (crinum latifolium), and y di (Coix seed), as well as other plants with high economic value.

At the same time, it promotes cultivation of medicinal plants in the form of linking production and consumption, encouraging the development of medicinal plant regions with processing, preservation, and extraction, toward the sustainable development of medicinal plants under value chains, ultimately improving the economic effectiveness for local people.