A trade fair featuring agricultural, forestry and fishery products, processed foods and specialty goods from across Vietnam opened on the evening of August 28 in Moc Son ward as part of the Moc Chau Culture and Tourism Week 2026.

Every year around Vietnam’s National Day or Independence Day on September 2, the Moc Chau plateau comes alive with the sound of traditional Mong flutes and vibrant brocade colours, drawing large numbers of visitors eager to experience the cultural traditions of local ethnic communities. In 2026, the Moc Chau Culture and Tourism Week will be held at the provincial level for the first time, with an expanded scale and a renewed format aimed at strengthening its position as a key cultural and tourism event of Son La province and enhancing the appeal of the highland destination.

The 16th-tenure Son La provincial People’s Council for the 2026-2031 term held its third thematic session on August 28 to consider and decide on matters within its authority. The event was chaired by Lo Minh Hung, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council; Vi Duc Tho, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Council; and Nguyen Viet Cuong, Vice Chairman of the People’s Council.

With Vietnam’s National Day (September 2) and the opening of the 2026-2027 school year taking place close together, Son La Power Company has put in place measures to ensure safe and stable electricity supplies for political, cultural and social events as well as household needs across the province. The company is also preparing to supply power to schools, with particular attention to 13 inter-level boarding schools in border communes.

The People’s Committee of Chieng An ward on August 8 held a ceremony at Tam Quynh hamlet Cultural House to launch the Thai Ethnic Cultural Club and reenact the Han Khuong Festival.

The provincial Military Command, in coordination with the Muong Lam communal authorities, held a ceremony on August 27 to inaugurate and hand over a “Comrades’ House” to the family of Senior Lieutenant Giang A Cao, an officer in charge of personnel affairs at the Muong Lam communal Military Command.

Hoang Van Nghiem, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Head of the provincial Delegation to the National Assembly, on August 27 presented the 45-year Party membership badge to Cam Ngoc Minh, former Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and former Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.

A conference was held on August 27 to announce decisions on the establishment of the Party Organisations of the provincial People’s Council and the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front and mass organisations, both under the provincial Party Committee.

Alongside training and maintaining strict combat-readiness duties during celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day on September 2, Regiment 754 under the provincial Military Command has or

Hoang Van Nghiem, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Head of the province’s Delegation to the National Assembly, on August 26 attended a ceremony to present Party membership badges to members of the Chieng An ward Party Organisation on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

Member of the provincial Party Committee's Standing Board and Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ha Trung Chien presented and posthumously awarded Party membership badges to members of the Party Organisations of Muong Coi and Phu Yen communes on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

Lo Minh Hung, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, on August 26 attended a ceremony to present Party membership badges to members of the Chieng Mung commune Party Organisation on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on August 26 chaired the fifth meeting of the 16th-term provincial People’s Committee for the 2026–2031 tenure to review the implementation of socio-economic development, national defence and security tasks in August as well as set key tasks for September.

Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, chaired a meeting of the Party Committee of the provincial People’s Committee on August 25 to consider a number of matters under the authority of its Standing Board.

The Party Committee of provincial Party Agencies on August 25 held a ceremony to present Party membership badges on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day. Lo Minh Hung, Standing Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Council and Secretary of the Party Committee of provincial Party Agencies, attended the event.

Nguyen Minh Tien, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, on August 25 inspected preparations for the inauguration ceremonies of the Primary and Secondary Boarding Schools in Chieng Khuong and Muong Hung border communes, and the opening of the 2026–2027 academic year at the schools.

The Standing Board of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee on August 25 held a “Listening to the people” conference in Chieng Khoong commune to listen to, discuss and address residents’ opinions and petitions on issues related to their livelihoods and daily lives. Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Cha A Cua chaired the event.