Right from the first days of the Lunar New Year, many units, enterprises, cooperatives, and households on the Moc Chau Plateau have launched production activities with an urgent and energetic spirit, hoping for a prosperous year ahead and determined to fulfill their production and business targets.
Chieng An ward on February 23 coordinated with Branch No. 5 of Son La Irrigation Works Management One Member Co., Ltd. to organise a ceremony calling on all residents to participate in irrigation work serving the 2026 winter–spring crop production.
The People’s Committee of Son La has officially issued Decision No. 528/QD-UBND on the plan and assignment of units to implement compensatory afforestation using funds contributed by project investors to the provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund in 2026 (Phase 1).
Son La province is taking part in the first Glorious Spring Fair 2026, which opened at the Vietnam Exposition Centre (VEC) in Hanoi’s outlying Dong Anh commune on February 2.
In the context of deep international economic integration, Son La province has identified attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) as an important driver for growth. Following the guidance of the Government, the provincial People's Committee has implemented a range of coordinated solutions to create a transparent and open investment environment, in combination with ensuring national defence, security, and social order.
Nam Lau is a commune with many advantages for agricultural development, and coffee is identified as the key crop that helps lift people out of poverty.
Currently, Chieng Hac commune has more than 3,200 hectares of fruit trees, with an estimated production of 25,837 tonnes. In 2025, the value of fruit sales was estimated at around 182.69 billion VND (7 million USD).
Previously, bamboo shoot production in Tan Xuan commune was fragmented, and people mainly harvested wild bamboo shoots. In May 2020, with funding from the Australian Government, the Centre for Rural Economic Development supported a project on empowering ethnic minority women through the development of a clean bamboo shoot value chain.
The provincial Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion is coordinating with relevant units to organise the “Vietnamese people prioritise Vietnamese goods” campaign in conjunction with the programme to bringing Vietnamese goods to rural, remote and disadvantaged areas in Van Ho commune from January 22 to 25.
In 2025, all key indicators for industry, trade, and exports in Son La province met or exceeded targets. These achievements reflect the efforts of the industry and trade sector in management innovation and trade promotion, playing an important role in creating momentum for the province to successfully realise its socio-economic development goals in the coming years.
Vice Chairman of the Son La provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Cong, who is also Chairman of the provincial OCOP Product Evaluation and Classification Council, chaired a conference on January 22 to announce the results of the second round of OCOP (One Commune One Product) product evaluation and classification in the province for 2025.
Nam Lau is a commune with significant advantages for agricultural development, in which coffee has been identified as a key crop helping local people escape poverty. The commune has nearly 3,000 households, of which about 85% cultivate coffee, with a total area of more than 1,770 hectares.
Muong Sai is a commune located in the reservoir area of the Son La Hydropower Plant, characterised by fragmented terrain and an economy primarily based on agriculture. The population is entirely composed of ethnic minority groups. Effectively implementing preferential policies and utilising investment capital from State programmes and projects have provided important momentum for the commune’s comprehensive development, particularly in improving rural infrastructure and creating sustainable livelihoods for local people.
Son La province’s total retail sales of goods hit nearly 41.13 trillion VND (1.56 billion USD) in 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 14.15%.
Son La province has 2,964 hectares of aquaculture areas in the reservoir zones of hydropower plants. In 2025, total aquatic output reached over 9,200 tonnes, including nearly 7,800 tonnes from aquaculture and more than 1,400 tonnes from catching.
With decisive policies to remove bottlenecks in land clearance and to improve the legal framework, Son La province has attracted numerous investors with projects ranging from hundreds to thousands of billions of VND in the fields of commercial housing and urban development. These projects have contributed to transforming the urban landscape and have become a key driving force for local economic growth.
Son La’s services sector outperformed its 2025 plan, generating 16.77 trillion VND (638.04 million USD), up 9.5% from 2024, reinforcing its role as a key pillar of the provincial economy. Double-digit growth in retail sales and exports underscored the effectiveness of market-stabilisation efforts and tighter controls on trade fraud.
