The Area 2 – Song Ma Defence Command held the 2026 military enlistment and handover ceremony at February 3 Square in Song Ma commune on March 6. Attending the event were Major General To Quang Hanh, Deputy Chief of Staff of Military Region 2, and Cha A Cua, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.

Amid the festive atmosphere of the 2026 enlistment day across Son La province, a military handover and enlistment ceremony was held at military handover and enlistment point No. 2 in Yen Chau commune on March 6. Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the provincial Military Service Council, attended the event, and encouraged the new recruits as they set off for military service.

Son La province on March 6 held the 2026 military handover and enlistment ceremony to see off young people as they set out to fulfill the sacred duty of defending the Fatherland. A total of 1,995 citizens have been called up, including 1,400 for military service and 595 for service in the People’s Public Security forces.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau on March 6 chaired a meeting with the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, related departments and agencies, and People’s Committees of communes and wards to review and propose contents for the national target programmes for the 2026–2030 period.

Ha Trung Chien, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on February 26 chaired a working session with the provincial Department of Public Security and relevant departments and agencies to implement Decision No. 515/QĐ-UBND dated February 12, 2026, issued by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, approving the provincial database catalogue.

Ha Trung Chien, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on February 26 visited and extended congratulations to the Department of Health on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955 – 2026).

The Standing Board of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee organised a voter meeting in To Hieu ward on February 26 with candidates for the 16th National Assembly (NA) for the 2026–2031 term at the Election Constituency No. 1.

The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Son La province held voter meetings on February 26 with candidates for the 16th National Assembly (NA) at the Election Constituency No. 3.

Hoang Van Nghiem, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and head of the provincial delegation of National Assembly deputies, on February 23 chaired a meeting to review the situation during the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026.

The Party Organisation of the provincial Party agencies held a ceremony on February 23 to launch the tree planting festival for the Spring of the Year of the Horse 2026.

The Son La provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee on February 23 jointly held the launching ceremony of the tree planting festival for the Spring of the Year of the Horse 2026, along the Chieng Sinh – Chieng Ngan route in Chieng Sinh ward.

The provincial Military Party Committee and Military Command on February 22 held a ceremony to launch a tree planting festival in Quyet Thang 12 residential area, To Hieu ward, marking the Lunar New Year 2026.

Provincial leaders on February 13 offered incense at King Le Thai Tong Temple, President Ho Chi Minh Temple and the Memorial House for the Martyrs of Son La Prison, and paid tribute to martyrs at Son La Prison Martyrs’ Cemetery on the occasion of the Party’s 96th founding anniversary and the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026.

Former Politburo member, former Standing Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong, together with leaders of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, presented gifts to union members and workers of the Moc Chau Urban Branch of Son La Urban Environment and Services JSC on February 8, within the framework of the “Tet Sum Vay – Xuan on Dang” Programme 2026 organised by the Son La provincial Federation of Labour.

Muong Chanh commune on February 8 officially opened the Spring Welcoming Programme for the Year of Horse 2026, themed “Returning to Revolutionary Cradle – Pride of Muong Chanh.”

Nguyen Duc Thanh, member of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee and head of the committee’s Organisation Board, together with a provincial working delegation, on February 8 conducted a field visit to Quynh Nhai commune to review the local situation and present Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts. Leaders from Muong Gion, Muong Chien, and Muong Sai communes also attended the event.

Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, along with the working delegation, on February 5 inspected the situation and presented Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to the Firefighting and Rescue Team of Area 3 and the wards of Moc Chau and Moc Son.

Cha A Cua, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, on February 5 led a working delegation to visit several enterprises and families of former provincial leaders to assess the situation and present Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Dinh Viet chaired a meeting on February 5, urging faster progress in the investment and construction of primary-secondary boarding schools in border communes.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dang Ngoc Hau, together with a provincial working delegation, on February 5 inspected the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses arising in 2025 in Chieng Mai commune.