A delegation of the Standing Board of Hung Yen province’s Party Committee led by Secretary Nguyen Huu Nghia, who is also member of the Party Central Committee, on April 14 had a working session with its counterpart in Son La province, during which they looked into the implementation of the comprehensive cooperation between the two localities since 2022, and cooperation plans in the future.

The Central Emulation and Commendation Council, in collaboration with the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, organised a ceremony in the northern province of Hoa Binh on April 13 to launch a campaign aimed at eliminating temporary and ramshackle houses across the country by 2025.

Son La province received six programmes and projects funded by foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with a total committed value of nearly 4.9 million USD.

The Standing Board of the Muong La district Party Committee visited and gave gifts with a total value of over 50 million VND (2,000 USD) to 42 former Dien Bien soldiers, youth volunteers, and frontline conscripted labourers in the district.

Son La province’s Cooperative Alliance on April 9 organised a conference to honour role models on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Vietnam Cooperative Day (April 11, 2011-2024).

Son La province has showcased their products at the 20th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair, which is taking place at the 23/9 Park in the southern metropolis from April 4-7 with the theme of "20 years of a lively journey.”

The provincial People's Committee on April 3 issued Decision No. 550/QD-UBND approving the urban development programme for Song Ma town, Song Ma district until 2030.

Son La province ranked 30th among 63 provinces and cities in the Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) 2023, jumping 16 places compared to 2022.

A delegation of the provincial Party Committee’s Information and Education Board led by its head Dinh Thi Bich Thao, also a member of the committee’s Standing Board, on April 1 presented a lighting system to locals in Khua Vai hamlet, Ngoc Chien commune, Muong La district.

The provincial Council of the Ho Chi Minh Vanguard Children's Union on March 25 organised a programme for secondary school students at Binh Minh International Primary, Secondary and High School to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 - 2024).

The Board of Directors of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies branch in Son La province (VBSP Son La) on March 25 organised a ceremony to launch the Savings Depositing Week, themed “Joining hands for the poor”.

The Son La - Houaphanh Tourism-Culture Festival 2024 took place on the evening of March 21 in Sam Neau township, Houaphanh province, Laos.

Son La province's Master Plan for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister, has opened up opportunities for the locality to attract more investors, especially in projects of important and strategic significance to improve service and trade quality, and promote high-tech agriculture development.

A high-level delegation from Son La province led by Nguyen Huu Dong, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies, visited and held talks with leaders of Laos’ Houaphanh province in Sam Neua township on March 21.

Son La city on March 19 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new kindergarten in Chieng Den commune as part of activities celebrating the city’s inclusion in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.

Within the framework of the Son La – Houaphanh Tourism and Culture Festival 2024, from March 21-23, an exhibition was organised in Sam Neua township, Houaphanh province, Laos to display, introduce and promote cultural and tourism products and cuisines of the two provinces.

Hoang Quoc Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and leaders of departments, agencies and Moc Chau district on March 18 inspected the implementation of criteria for building Moc Chau district into a township and the development of the Moc Chau National Tourist Area.

The provincial People's Committee on March 16 signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Vietnam Airlines Corporation for the 2024-2028 period.

Son La province’s Union of Friendship Organisations (SUFO) held its second Congress for the 2024-2029 term.

On March 8, 1910, the Conference of Women organized by the Second International (Socialist International) decided to choose March 8 as International Women's Day, a day to unite women’s struggle with the slogans: “8-hour working day”, “Equal work”, “Protecting mothers and children”. In Vietnam, March 8 also marks the anniversary of the Uprising of Hai Ba Trung, the first two national heroines who fought off foreign invaders from the North and regained national sovereignty.