Toyota Tay Bac Son La, a subsidiary of Japanese carmaker Toyota Vietnam, on December 1 organized the "For My Beloved City" Run and the "Dream Car" painting contest, with the participation of nearly 200 runners and students from Son La city and Moc Chau district.

The youth union of the provincial agencies and enterprises’ bloc held the 14th traditional sports festival of schools at the Son La College of Technology on December 1.

The Women's Union of Son La province, in collaboration with the management board of the Gender Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT) project, is organising a training course themed "Business Acceleration" for 33 women’s union members in Son La province from November 29 to December 1.

The provincial Centre for Disease Control, in collaboration with Tay Bac University, on November 29 organised a workshop on HIV prevention and provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services for 90 students of the university.

The Ministry of Health hosted an online meeting on November 29 to mark the World AIDS Day. Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long, who also serves as Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drug, and Prostitution Prevention, and representatives of ministries, agencies, and organisations attended the event, connected to 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF) of Mai Son district on November 29 handed over "Great Unity" houses to poor and particularly disadvantaged households in Chieng Kheo commune.

The provincial Women's Union and its chapter in Son La city held a ceremony in the city’s Hua La commune on November 29 to launch the "Women's Union of 5 Have-s, 3 Clean-s" model in Mong hamlet.

The provincial Border Guard Command on November 28 held a ceremony to receive the second-class Victory Medal from the Lao Ministry of National Defence.

The provincial Women's Union, in collaboration with the GREAT 2 project management board, on November 28 opened a training course entitled "Business Incubation" for 19 members and representatives of 14 cooperatives, business groups, and households in Van Ho, Yen Chau, Phu Yen, Bac Yen, and Mai Son districts.

The Vietnam Women's Union, in collaboration with the Vietnam Social Security, organized a conference in Son La city on November 27 to disseminate voluntary social insurance and household health insurance policies for 250 female staff and members from communes and wards across the city.

The Committee for the Advancement of Women in Thuan Chau district on November 27 coordinated with the district Women's Union to organise the “Orange the World” event calling on the public to act together for gender equality, in response to the action month gender equality and gender-based violence prevention and response 2024.

Moc Chau is paying attention to developing agriculture in combination with experiential tourism so as to gain higher economic efficiency.

The People’s Committee of Van Ho district on November 26 coordinated with the Centre for Research and Development of Agricultural Systems under the Field Crops Research Institute of the provincial Department of Science and Technology to organise a workshop to give comments on a dossier on the protection and development of the “Van Ho bamboo shoot” certification mark.

Farmers in Son La province have harvested 8,300 tonnes of coffee cherries since the beginning of this year’s crop.

Since the beginning of this year, the total aquaculture production in Son La province has reached over 8,100 tonnes, including nearly 7,000 tonnes from farming and over 1,100 tonnes from fishing.

Since the beginning of the year, plantations and production teams across Son La province harvested nearly 2,800 tonnes of latex as raw material to the Son La 28/10 Rubber Processing Factory, achieving 78% of the planned target.

The provincial Department of Education and Training held a conference in Mai Son district on November 24-25 on English teaching at kindergartens in the 2024-2025 school year, bringing together 170 officials, managers, and teachers from 11 districts and Son La city.