Nguyen Thanh Cong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee for the 2025 rural and agricultural census, on March 18 chaired a conference to summarise the census and announce its preliminary results.

Leveraging its favorable climate and soil conditions, Van Son ward has focused on restructuring its economy by encouraging and supporting enterprises, cooperatives, and farming households to integrate agricultural production with processing and experiential tourism. This approach is opening up a sustainable development path and increasing local incomes.

Building on the strong momentum of 2025, when total state budget revenue in the province exceeded 5,600 billion VND (surpassing the central government estimate by 35.3%), in 2026 the tax sector of Son La has proactively given advice and closely coordinated with authorities at all levels from the very start of the year to synchronously implement revenue management solutions. Detailed monthly and quarterly scenarios have been developed to ensure progress aligns with budget targets and the local production and business situation.

With more than 10,000 tonnes of vegetables and flowers, 16,000 tonnes of fresh fruit, over 242 hectares of farmland using water-saving irrigation systems, nearly 13 hectares of greenhouses and net houses, and more than 93 hectares of fruit and vegetable cultivation meeting VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards, Moc Chau ward is affirming its leading position in high-tech agricultural production. These impressive figures are the result of close coordination between supportive policies from local Party committees and authorities and the proactive investment and mechanisation efforts of cooperatives and farming households in the locality.

Implementing the 2026 winter-spring crop production plan, the Chieng Mai commune general service centre has assigned specialised staff to closely monitor the situation at the grassroots level, coordinate with hamlet heads and households to review the area, prepare seeds and agricultural supplies, and provide technical guidance on land preparation.

Since 2025, the provincial People's Committee has organised two rounds of evaluation and classification of OCOP (One Commune One Product) items, recognising an additional 54 new products.

To meet the demand for poultry in the area, households in Muong Lan commune have focused on developing poultry farming commercially, aiming to diversify the local food supply.

Taking advantage of the Son La hydroelectric reservoir, farmers in Quynh Nhai commune currently maintain 3,045 fish cages.

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.