The Youth Affairs Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, in coordination with the provincial Youth Union and TikTok Shop, on November 11 organised a training conference to strengthen digital skills for selling rural youth in promoting OCOP (One Commune Once Product) products.

Implementing environmental criteria, localities across Son La province have made significant efforts to adopt various solutions to improve and maintain environmental quality indicators, contributing to keeping rural landscapes clean and beautiful.

The Tay Bac (Northwest) University on November 8 organised a national scientific conference themed “The Northwestern Region – Interdisciplinary Approaches.” The event was attended by leaders of provincial departments and sectors, as well as representatives from universities and colleges across the country.

The provincial Youth Union on November 8 coordinated with Vinschool Ocean Park Primary School and other sponsors to inaugurate the “Beautiful School for Children” project at the Tham hamlet primary school site of the Chieng Ve Primary and Secondary School in Chieng Mai commune.

The youth union of the force development division under the provincial Department of Public Security, in coordination with Thao Nguyen ward police, the youth’s and women’s boards of the department, and sponsors, held a programme to present computers to Lang Chieu Secondary School in Ta Xua commune on November 7.

The People’s Procuracy of Region I, in coordination with the To Hieu Secondary School in Chieng Coi ward, November 6 organised a 2025 anti-drug awareness programme, attracting the participation of 750 students. The event was part of a series of activities in response to Vietnam Law Day (November 9).

VBIC Son La Joint Stock Company held a ceremony in Kham hamlet, Chieng Coi ward on November 5 to inaugurate the first phase of the Mong Hamlet – Son La Water Plant.

Son La Newspaper and Radio-Television, in coordination with VTC Mobile Services JSC and the Yulgang Origin VTC – Hiep Khach PC gaming community, inaugurated a rural road in Huoi Han hamlet, Bo Sinh commune on November 2. The ceremony was attended by local officials, benefactors, and a large number of local residents.

The Son La High School for the Gifted recently handed over a new house to the family of Tong Thi Huong in Bo hamlet, Chieng Mung commune, Son La province. Huong’s family is a poor household in extremely difficult circumstances, and she has suffered from a mobility disability for many years.

A survey team from the National Council for Education and Human Resources Development under the Ministry of Education and Training on October 31 held a working session with the Son La provincial Steering Committee for Building a Learning Society to review the implementation of learning society development in the context of the two-tier local administration system.

With the spirit of “mutual support and solidarity,” the “Jar of Loving Rice” model initiated by the provincial Women’s Unions at all levels has spread widely, bringing encouragement and sharing to poor women and families in difficult circumstances, and contributing to social welfare in Son La province.

The Youth Union and Women’s Union of the Son La provincial Department of Public Security, in coordination with sponsoring units, on October 30 handed over the “IT Room for Children” to underprivileged children under the care and support of the department in accordance with Project 1390.

The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with the provincial Department of Education and Training and the People’s Committee of Song Ma commune, on October 28 organised a communication programme on family moral and lifestyle education for nearly 2,000 teachers and students of Song Ma High School.

Since 2021, Son La province has organised training for over 68,000 workers at various levels, with many programmes to enhance knowledge and skills in areas such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and big data. This has helped raise the proportion of workers with vocational training to 61.4% of the total workforce.

The People’s Committee of Bac Yen commune on October 24 organised the first career counselling and job fair 2025.

To create a breakthrough in job creation, improve labour quality, and contribute to sustainable socio-economic development, on October 14, 2025, the People's Committee of Son La province issued Project No. 2553 on sending workers from Son La province to work abroad under contracts for the period 2025-2030.

In the 2025-2026 academic year, Phieng Cam commune has six schools, with nearly 4,200 students enrolled across preschool, primary, and secondary levels.

After more than three months of implementing the two-tier local government model, the Public Administrative Service Centre of Pung Banh commune has received and processed 325 administrative procedure applications across 12 areas under its jurisdiction.

The Forest Protection Sub-Department of Son La province is organising a training workshop on forestry communication skills in 2025 for 40 participants, including civil servants, public employees, and forest rangers across the forestry sector, on October 16-17.

The Department of Cooperative Economy and Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on October 15-16 coordinated with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to organise a training workshop on the nutrition-sensitive food system development project.