Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on September 4 morning to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Quynh Nhai is a district by the Da River in Son La province with a large reservoir, majestic mountains and rich ethnic culture. It is also a rural area with long-lasting revolutionary tradition. The revolutionary movement here was formed very early, leaving many imprints in the nation's heroic resistance war against the French colonialists.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, and head of the provincial Border Steering Committee Hoang Quoc Khanh led a delegation to inspect border and marker management as well as maintenance of security and order in Sop Cop district.

Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang led a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS-11) in Russia on August 15.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 25th session in Hanoi on August 14 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

President Vo Van Thuong met in Hanoi on August 12 with 56 international and Vietnamese scientists attending the international scientific conference "Windows on the Universe" that recently took place in Quy Nhon city, the south-central province of Binh Dinh. ​

More than 100 representatives from the Son La provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment and socio-political organisations, and communicators in the northwestern region gathered at a workshop on green growth policy towards sustainable development in Moc Chau district on August 9-10.

Son La province’s Steering Committee for Digital Transformation on August 10 held a symposium on changing consciousness and improving the quality of human resources to create a foundation for digital transformation in the province.

The Standing Board of the Son La provincial Party Committee on August 8 had a working session with the Party delegation to the provincial People's Committee on preparations for the investment in Na San Airport.

The 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) opened in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 7 with the participation of 568 delegates.

Son La province’s steering committee for the construction of the Hoa Binh - Moc Chau expressway’s section in the province on August 7 held a meeting seeking ways to accelerate the project implementation.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue received Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) M. Arsjad Rasjid P. M. in Jakarta on August 5, as part of his official visit to the archipelago nation.

At the invitation of Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives and President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Puan Maharani and Speaker of the Iranian Consultative Assembly Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue will attend the 44th General Assembly of the AIPA (AIPA-44) and pay official visits to Indonesia and Iran.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s book on the military policy and defence strategy of Vietnam in the new period holds national significance and decisive importance to national peace, stability, and development, said a military officer.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national teleconference on the rearrangement of administrative units at the district and communal levels for the 2023 – 2030 period on July 31.

Son La province strives to have 99.2% of its population gaining access to electricity by the end of 2023, with 95% of households using safe power.

The provincial steering committee for digital transformation on July 31 launched a contest on digital transformation in Son La in 2023.

Leaders of Son La province have highlighted cooperation outcomes between the northern mountainous locality and Japanese partners over the past time at a recent working session with a visiting delegation from the Japan-Vietnam Exchange Association in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture. 

The provincial Steering Committee on strengthening leadership and direction in drug prevention, control in the 2021-2025 period (Steering Committee 297) on April 3 held a conference to review its performance in the first quarter of 2023 and launch tasks for the second quarter.

A delegation of Son La province led by Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Hoang Quoc Khanh on April 5 attended a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Children’s Cultural Center in Laos’ Bokeo province.