The Year of the Dragon has arrived and everything begins anew – flowers bloom and trees put on their green spring wardrobe. Known as the season of hope, spring comes with new energy, helping people feel more optimistic about a new year of successes and further growth.

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, on February 7 visited and presented gifts to the people of Bac Yen district as the Lunar New Year (Tet) is approaching.

On February 6, or the 27th day of the last lunar month, Son La province’s leaders offered incense at King Le Thai Tong’s Temple, Uncle Ho’s Temple; and the Memorial House to Martyrs at the Son La Prison and paid tribute to martyrs at their cemetery at the Son La Prison.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Lo Minh Hung on February 5 chaired a meeting on the preparation for and organisation of the 2024 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The provincial Journalists Association, in coordination with the provincial Union of Literature and Arts Associations and the Vietnam News Agency’s representative office in Son La, organised the opening ceremony of the Spring Press Festival 2024 at Tay Bac (Northwest) Square in Son La city on February 3, which marked the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Son La city on February 2 held a ceremony to inaugurate Lo Van Gia - Quyet Thang road as a project to celebrate the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2024).

A delegation from the provincial Party Committee on February 1 visited and presented gifts to a number of policy beneficiary families in Son La city on the occasion of the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2024).

The Party Committee of Son La province on February 1 held a meeting to mark the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3, 1930-2024).

On the occasion of the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2024), leaders of Son La province laid flowers at the Monument "Uncle Ho with Northwest ethnic groups" and offered incense at Uncle Ho's Temple at Tay Bac (Northwest) Square in Son La city on February 1.

Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Hoang Quoc Khanh on February 1 visited and delivered Lunar New Year (Tet) wishes to the families of late provincial leaders in Son La city.

General To Lam, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, on January 30 led a working delegation to visit and extend New Year wishes to policemen and people of all ethnic groups in Son La province.

Lo Viet Phuong, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Ombudsman Commission, on January 29 visited and presented gifts to disadvantaged trade union members and labourers in Son La province.

The provincial Border Guard Command, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and Trade Union the People’s Committee of Moc Chau district, and donors co-organised a Tet (Lunar New Year) programme in the district’s border commune of Chieng Khua on January 27 and 28.

Hoang Quoc Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, on January 26 visited and gave gifts to the Long Sap Border Gate Guard Station, the Chieng Son Border Guard Station, and the border communes of Long Sap, Chieng Son, Chieng Khua in Moc Chau district ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and head of the provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies Nguyen Huu Dong led a working delegation on January 25 to visit and offer Lunar New Year (Tet) wishes to officers and soldiers of the provincial Military and Border Guard Commands.

Permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Lo Minh Hung on January 25 led a working delegation to inspect the operation of the Son La Newspaper and the provincial Radio and Television Station, and extended New Year wishes to their staffs.

In 2023, Son La province achieved remarkable results in various socio-economic sectors. Its political stability was maintained, national defence-security ensured, and people’s living standards improved. The locality’s position was further consolidated both regionally and nationally.

Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and head of the provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies Nguyen Huu Dong on January 24 led a delegation to inspect the situation, and give gifts to people in Thuan Chau district.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Lo Minh Hung on January 23 visited and presented gifts to social policy beneficiaries and poor households in Ca Nang and Chieng Khay communes, Quynh Nhai district, on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

The People’s Committee of Thuan Chau district held a ceremony on January 19 to announce a decision of the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee recognising Chieng La commune as meeting new-style rural area building standards in 2023.