To ensure sustainable agricultural development, biotechnology is one of the four science-technology fields prioritised by Son La province, aiming to create varieties of plants, animals, microbial strains, and products with high productivity, quality, competitiveness and economic efficiency.

Son La province’s total export value in the first seven months of this year reached 106.8 million USD, an increase of nearly 19.6% over the same period last year.

Towards sustainable agricultural production, Dong Sang commune in Moc Chau district has encouraged farmers to promote production development in the direction of proactively adapting to climate change and applying science-technology to minimise risks, bringing high economic efficiency.

Son La has 83,757 hectares of fruit and hawthorn trees, of them 63,207 hectares harvestable with an estimated output of over 379,000 tonnes.

Son La province has disbursed more than 1.5 trillion VND (59.74 million USD) worth of public investment so far this year, equal to 34.69% of the assigned plan and 40.57% of the detailed allocation plan.

In July, all-level agencies and localities in Son La province continued offering consultations on policies regarding labour, employment, and unemployment insurance for 1,896 people.

Last month, the volume of goods transported throughout Son La province was estimated at over 645,000 tonnes, an increase of 16.42% over the same period last year.

Son La city has supported businesses, cooperatives, and production and business establishments to optimise scientific and technical advances in production and trade promotion, putting up products on e-commerce platforms and social networks for sale.

In July, credit institutions in Son La province saw stable operations, with total cash collection through bank funds estimated at 8.6 trillion VND (341.6 million USD) and total cash expenditure at 8.2 trillion VND.

In the first seven months of this year, Son La province granted in-principle approvals to six projects with a total registered capital of nearly 128 billion VND (5.1 million USD).

Over the past time, Son La province has issued and applied many mechanisms and policies to support the establishment of cooperatives and create favourable conditions for them to develop and expand production and business.

Under credit programmes, more than 510 households in Muong Khoa commune, Bac Yen district, have accessed concessional loans worth over 24 billion VND (950,589 USD) from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, while over 230 others got loans worth 21 billion VND from the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development for production and business.

In the first seven months of 2024, Son La province had 13 main products showing increases in production compared to the same period last year, reported the provincial Statistics Office.

Son La province currently has 154 one commune one product (OCOP) products rated three to five stars.

Since the beginning of this year, trade and services in Moc Chau district have seen good developments, with total retail sales of goods and services in the first six months reaching 2.29 trillion VND, up 11.4% over the same period last year.

With innovations in production and business activities, the Quyet Thanh Agricultural Cooperative is a model in fruit cultivation and processing, enhancing agricultural product value and contributing to the diversification of OCOP (One Commune One Product) products on the plateau.

Son La province is maintaining the operation of 285 safe agricultural and aquatic product supply chains.

Bac Yen district currently has 43 licensed cooperatives, including 31 operating in the agricultural sector and 12 in the fields of industry, services, and construction.

The People's Committee of Mai Son district on July 19 held a conference to evaluate the direction of production, sale and export of agricultural products.

The Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) held a ceremony on July 19 in Son La city to open its Son La provincial branch.