Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on December 22 chaired a meeting of the appraisal council and its support team to review progress in implementing Government Decree 272/2025/ND-CP dated October 16, 2025, which classifies ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2026–2030 period.

A delegation of provincial leaders visited and extended congratulations to officers and soldiers of the Son La provincial Military Command on December 22, on the occasion of the 81st founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 36th anniversary of the All-People’s National Defence Day (December 22, 1989 – 2025).

Hoang Van Nghiem, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies; Lo Minh Hung, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Council; and other provincial officials visited and presented gifts to the people of Long He commune.

Together with the groundbreaking of a project to renovate and construct facilities within the provincial Party Committee campus, Son La province on December 19 kicked off construction on the Chieng Dong Water Supply Plant project in Chieng Mung commune, in celebration of the 14th National Party Congress.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on December 19 chaired a working session with Son La College to review the implementation of national target programmes in 2025 and discuss proposals for the implementation plan for the 2026-2030 period.

Groundbreaking, inauguration, or technical traffic opening ceremonies for 234 key projects nationwide were held on December 19, in celebration of the upcoming 14th National Party Congress and the 79th anniversary of National Resistance Day (1946–2025). The ceremonies were held both in-person and online at 79 locations nationwide, underscoring momentum for development in a new era.

Ha Trung Chien, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standinng Board and Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on December 18 inspected the construction of primary and secondary boarding schools in the border communes of Yen Son, Phieng Khoai, and Long Phieng.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on December 18 held a working session with communes in the Song Ma area regarding the development of plans for national target programmes for the 2026-2030 period.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Cha A Cua visited and had a working session with the Party Committee of Chieng Khuong commune to review Party building, consolidation of the political system, and the socio-economic, national defence and security situation in the locality on December 18.

Hoang Van Nghiem, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies, on December 17 held a working session with the Standing Boards of the Party Committees of Muong La, Chieng Lao, Muong Bu, Chieng Hoa, and Ngoc Chien communes to grasp the grassroots-level situation, especially since the two-level local government system came into operation.

Hoang Van Nghiem, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies, on December 17 led a working delegation to inspect and survey several key projects in Muong Bu commune and visit Son La Hydropower Plant.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on December 15 chaired a meeting with departments, agencies and local authorities on measures to lift the province’s Citizen and Business Service Index and performance in delivering online public services.

The Son La provincial Department of Public Security on December 12 launched a campaign to intensify its crackdown on crime and safeguard security and public order ahead of the 14th National Party Congress, the elections of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2026-2031 tenure, the 2026 Lunar New Year and early-year festivals.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on December 12 chaired a working session with leaders of relevant departments and sectors to review the planning of the Chieng Khuong Border Gate.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on December 11 inspected the progress of a project to upgrade the Long Sap main border gate into an international one, and reviewed the implementation of a programme to do away with temporary and dilapidated houses in Long Sap commune.