The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with Yen Chau district in organising a book exhibition and other activities on April 6 at the Yen Chau Town Primary School to celebrate Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21) and World Book and Copyright Day (March 23), and launch the Lifelong Learning Week 2024.

In the first quarter of 2014, Son La province planted nearly 15,000 scattered trees and prepared more than 4 million seedlings for afforestation.

After more than one year of construction, the medical station in Chieng Ngam commune, Thuan Chau district has become operational, ensuring quality and technique as designed.

In the first quarter of 2024, the province's information system for solving administrative procedures provided 1,234 online public services, of which 89 are partially online, and 1,145 fully online. More than 36,600 applications were handled through online public services, accounting for 91.73% of the total, while the number of public services generating online records was 211 out of 262 services, equal to 80.53%.

In the first quarter of 2024, Son La province stepped up employment counseling activities and labor market information delivery. In particular, 19 employment counseling conferences and job fairs were organised in Muong La district, with 5,529 workers participating.

Striving to raise forest coverage to 50% by 2025, Phu Yen district has rolled out a plan to grow 300 hectares of forest and 380,000 scattered trees each year.

As part of efforts to streamline administrative procedures, Yen Hung has enhanced the information work to raise the awareness and responsibility of officials and civil servants, and promoted the one-stop-shop mechanism. It has also intensified IT application in management and operations activities.

The Department of Education and Training of Son La province on March 31 organised a seminar on building happy schools and schools as learning organisations.

The Son La High School for the Gifted on March 31 organised a career counseling programme in 2024.

The Grassroots Culture Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in coordination with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Son La province on March 29 evening organised a mobile communications contest on the Dien Bien Phu Victory on the occasion its 70th anniversary (May 7,1954-2024).

Son La province’s Department of Education and Training on March 28 organised a conference to review the provincial-level competition seeking excellent preschool teachers in the 2023-2024 academic year. 

The provincial Party Committee's Board for Information and Education on March 28 coordinated with Brigade 126 of the Navy in organising a conference disseminating information on seas and islands in 2024.

On the occasion of the 93rd founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 - 2024), the provincial Youth Union and Youth Federation have coordinated with the Department of Health, the provincial General Hospital and Tay Bac University in organising a blood donation festival at the university.

To welcome Son La city’s inclusion in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, the Son La city People's Committee on March 19 held a ceremony to inaugurate the Chieng Le kindergarten’s classroom building.

The Son La provincial Department of Education and Training on March 19 announced the results of the provincial exams to select excellent students at secondary and high school levels for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Last month, all-level one-stop-shop units in Yen Chau district handled 618 administrative applications, with the on-time and ahead-of-schedule completion rate reaching 100%.

Son La province now has eight communes meeting advanced new-style rural standards, including Chieng Xom, Hua La and Chieng Co in Son La city; Chieng Ban in Mai Son district; Chieng Khoang and Chieng Bang in Quynh Nhai district; Muong Sang and Chieng Son in Moc Chau district.

Since 2023, Thuan Chau district has supported the removal of 352 makeshift houses and the repair of 70 houses according to the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2021-2025 period.

The firefighting and rescue teams of the Fire Prevention and Fighting and Rescue Police Division under the provincial Department of Public Security on March 16-17 simultaneously organised dissemination, experience, and practice of fire prevention and fighting and rescue for thousands of officials, teachers and students in some schools in the province.

There are currently over 1.18 million people joining social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance in Son La province. The health insurance coverage rate reaches 94.2% of the province's population, equal to 94.2% of the plan assigned by the Vietnam Social Security, and 97.1% of the plan assigned by the provincial People's Committee.