A delegation from Germany’s KfW Development Bank led by portfolio manager Thomas Rival and senior engineer Hans Christian Traute on May 20 held a working session with the People’s Committee of Son La province regarding the Son La city drainage and wastewater treatment system project.

The People’s Procuracy of Son La province and its counterpart from Laos’ Luang Prabang province held talks in Son La city on May 22 to exchange experience in combating cross-border crime.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Hoang Quoc Khanh on May 21 inspected the implementation progress of projects with investment policy and investor approvals granted in 2024 at the Mai Son Industrial Park, as well as efforts to attract investment to the IP in 2025.

The People's Committee of To Hieu ward in Son La city, in coordination with the provincial Inclusive Education Support Centre, inaugurated a centre upgrade project on May 19 to mark the upcoming Party congresses for the 2025–2030 term.

In commemoration of the 135th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 –2025), leaders of Son La province on May 19 offered flowers at the Monument “Uncle Ho and the People of the Northwestern Ethnic Groups” and incense at President Ho Chi Minh Temple at Tay Bac Square, Son La city.

The People's Committee of Son La province held a ceremony in Van Son ward, Moc Chau township on May 18 to begin construction on the Hoa Binh – Moc Chau Expressway’s section in Son La province.

A 15-strong delegation from Son La province led by Luu Minh Quan, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee for the provincial Party Agencies, has joined Mission No. 20 of the Ministry of National Defence to visit the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district and DKI offshore platform.

Vice Chairman of the Son La provincial People's Committee Le Hong Minh on May 16 held a working session with Van Ho district regarding land clearance for the Hoa Binh – Moc Chau Expressway project.

The Son La provincial Party Committee held a conference on May 16 to review the 10-year implementation of its Standing Board’s policy on planting fruit trees on sloping land in the province for the 2016-2025 period.

Deputy Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Nong Thi Ha on May 16 visited and presented gifts to poor families in Mai Son district that have benefited from the substandard housing elimination programme.

The provincial steering committee for the elimination of makeshift and dilapidated houses held a conference to review work on May 15. The event was chaired by Hoang Quoc Khanh, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and head of the steering committee.

Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, and head of the provincial Delegation to the National Assembly, on May 17 led a working delegation to inspect the implementation of the project on stabilising people’s lives and developing the socio-economic conditions of the resettlement areas for the Son La Hydropower Project for the period 2026-2030 (Project 666) in Thuan Chau district.

The Quynh Nhai district Party Committee on May 14 held a ceremony to award and posthumously award 65-year and 60-year Party membership badges to veteran Party members on the threshold of President Ho Chi Minh’s 135th birth anniversary (May 19).

Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee on May 13 inspected the implementation of Scheme 666 on stabilising the population and developing the socio-economic conditions of the resettlement areas for the Son La Hydropower Project for the period 2026-2030, in Tan Yen commune, Moc Chau township.

Vice Chairman of the Son La provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on May 12 chaired a meeting to review efforts to send local workers abroad under labour contracts for 2025.

The Youth Union and the Vietnam Youth Federation of Son La province on May 10 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the "Happy Home" project for Vu Linh Chi, a student living in Residential Area 3, Chieng Sinh ward, Son La city.

A delegation from Laos’ Luang Prabang province led by Bunluom Manivong, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Vice Governor, and Chairman of the provincial Border Committee, paid a courtesy visit to the Standing Board of the Son La provincial Party Committee on May 9.

The provincial People's Committee held a conference on May 9 to award its chairman’s certificates of merit to collectives and individuals of Son La province, and Laos’ Houaphanh and Luang Prabang provinces for their outstanding contributions to Vietnam - Laos border work.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Le Hong Minh on May 9 inspected the preparations for the inauguration of the Van Ho district General Hospital.

The Son La city Association of Former Youth Volunteers held a ceremony on May 9 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Vietnamese Youth Volunteer Force (July 15, 1950 – 2025) and the 135th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – 2025).