Son La Hydropower Company, Son La Power Company and the Son La Power Services Enterprise, in coordination with the provincial Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation and Son La General Hospital, on December 12 held a voluntary blood donation drive in response to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s 11th blood donation campaign.

Working Group No. 2 of the provincial Party Committee’s Steering Committee 2009 on December 12 conducted a working session to review the implementation of the “Digital Literacy for All” movement in To Hieu and Chieng An wards.

The Steering Committee for the second phase of the Gender-Responsive Equitable Agriculture and Tourism project in Son La province (GREAT 2 Son La) convened a regular meeting to review project progress, discuss activities for 2025-2026, and propose additional budget allocations.

A range of activities have been carried out to support disadvantaged students.

Toward the 81st founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 36th All-People's National Defense Day, schools across Son La province have organised various flexible educational activities, integrating history lessons into real-life experiences. This creative approach is helping foster patriotism and national pride among the younger generation.

The People’s Committee of Tuong Ha commune on November 29 organised the Job Fair 2025 in Lien Hop and Dong La hamlets.

The Bui family’s council of Son La province on November 29 coordinated with the Club of Physicians of the Bui Family in Vietnam and the provincial Centre for Disease Control to organise a charity programme to provide free health check-ups, consultation, Phaco surgery support, and medicine for about 500 poor people and policy beneficiaries in Son La province.

The Son La provincial Centre for Disease Control, in collaboration with Son La Medical College on November 29 organised a communication event in response to the National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2025 and World AIDS Day (December 1).

Upholding the tradition of “drinking water, remembering its source,” Son La province has consistently prioritised housing support for people with meritorious service to the revolution, helping stabilise their lives and improve both material and spiritual well-being for policy beneficiaries in the locality.

Ta Hoc commune was established via merging Na Bo and Ta Hoc communes. It now has 20 villages and residential clusters, with over 3,200 households and 13,704 residents, including 8,408 people of working age. Most rural labourers in the commune are from the Mong, Thai, and Kho Mu ethnic groups. Focusing on job creation for rural workers, the commune has coordinated efforts to improve vocational training, implement preferential credit programmes for job creation, and connect with enterprises to recruit workers, helping people secure stable jobs and increase their income.

Son La has channeled investment into school infrastructure and upgraded equipment for boarding and semi-boarding campuses, while accelerating literacy initiatives and expanding vocational training and job creation for local workers.

The Son La provincial Red Cross Society, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) and the Sustainability Investment Promotion and Development Joint Stock Company (SIPCO), organised a programme in Long Phieng commune on November 25 to distribute water purifiers as part of community and climate action initiatives.

The Son La provincial Women’s Union on November 25 organised a training conference to improve basic knowledge and skills in preventing high-tech crime, drug-related crime, human trafficking, and the harmful effects of alcohol for 150 trainees who are officials and members of the women’s unions from 75 communes and wards across the province.

The Son La provincial Youth Union’s standing board, in coordination with the People’s Committee of Chieng Khoong commune, on November 24 organised a programme to bring gifts and meals to disadvantaged students at Muong Cai Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities.

The Son La provincial Women’s Union held a training conference on law dissemination and education on November 24.

The provincial Farmers’ Union on November 24 organised a training conference aimed at improving capacity and shifting awareness and mindset among local residents and communities regarding agricultural economic development and new-style rural construction.

The provincial Youth Union on November 23 organised a training conference on start-up knowledge and skills for ethnic minority students in 2025, drawing 100 students from Tay Bac University and Son La College.

The provincial Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs on November 18-19 organised a conference to disseminate legal information and raise awareness about the harmful effects of child marriage and consanguineous marriage in 2025.

On the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20), the Party Committee, People’s Council, and People’s Committee of To Hieu ward on November 19 organised five working delegations to visit and present gifts to 14 public and private educational institutions in the locality.

To create sustainable employment for workers, Muong La commune has linked vocational training with job creation, proactively partnering with enterprises to organise job fairs, connect labour markets, and support labour export.