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.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Cong on April 3 inspected a road project from Provincial Road 114 to Bang and Lao hamlets and the Suoi Dinh 1 and Suoi Dinh 2 resettlement sites in Muong Bang commune, Phu Yen district. He also examined key sub-projects and production land areas allocated for households in the two resettlement sites.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue received Chairman of the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro in Hanoi on May 5.

State President Vo Van Thuong said he highly appreciates the establishment of the digital and green economic partnership between Vietnam and Singapore, which aims to bring the cooperative relationship to a new and sustainable stage.

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and a high-ranking delegation of Luxembourg left Vietnam, successfully concluding their official visit to Vietnam from May 3-5 at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The 2023 edition of the Ha Long Carnival opened on May 1 with the participation of over 2,000 performers from Vietnam and many other countries in the world.

Vietnamese cultural heritages and the image of a country of Vietnam with development, renovation and dynamism imbued with national identity were introduced to international friends during an event in Paris on May 3.

President Vo Van Thuong visited the British Museum, where Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, V.I. Lenin, and many other great thinkers used to work, as part of his trip to the UK on May 5 morning (local time).

Hoang Quoc Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, attended a ceremony on April 5 to inaugurate and hand over a primary school in Nam Ngan village, Luang Namtha district, Luang Namtha province of Laos.

A delegation of Son La province led by Hoang Quoc Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee on April 5 visited Laos’ Luang Namtha province and congratulated the local leaders and people on their traditional Bunpimay or New Year festival 2023.