With the motto of "Building new-style rural areas is a journey with a beginning but no end," the initiative on developing new-style rural areas and models in this regard is significantly transforming rural areas, restructuring production, and improving local lives.

Since 2022, the Son La provincial Youth Union has mobilized local youth, businesses, and individuals to support the construction of six children’s playgrounds in hamlets’ cultural centers and preschools.

Van Ho district’s liaison committee of Vietnamese volunteers and military experts who used to help Laos held a ceremony on October 29 to celebrate the 75th traditional day of Vietnamese volunteers and military experts helping Laos (October 30, 1949 - 2024).

The provincial Federation of Labour collaborated with the provincial Department of Public Security to hold a conference aimed at raising awareness against legal violations among trade union members and workers for 2024 in Quynh Nhai district on October 28.

The provincial Department of Public Security held a ceremony on October 28 in Thuan Chau district to announce the deployment of a firefighting and rescue police team under the district police force.

The Firefighting and Rescue Police Desk under the provincial Department of Public Security on October 28 coordinated with the provincial Department of Health to organise a firefighting and rescue drill at the department.

The Steering Committee for building “friendly administration” in Muong La district has launched a pilot model in It Ong town.

In October, the provincial Forest Protection Sub-department has directed its units to strengthen coordination with local authorities to popularise regulations on forest management, protection, and development. They have also collaborated in patrols, monitoring, and handling violations in the forestry sector.

The “Tro ngheo vung cao” (Poor students in mountainous areas) fund held a ceremony on October 27 to hand over Phieng Mut Kindergarten to Muong Gion commune, Quynh Nhai district.

The Youth Committee of the Son La provincial Department of Public Security on October 26-27 collaborated with Koja Mart JSC from Hanoi in organizing a programme to provide meals for students and donate computer rooms for schools in Thuan Chau district.

The Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation and the Youth Union of Son La city and the provincial General Hospital jointly organized a blood donation festival with the message "Every Drop of Blood Given - A Life Saved” at the Binh Minh International School in the city on October 27.

The police agency and the Youth Union of Phu Yen district, the “Clover” Club, and the LRV JSC on October 27 inaugurated and handed over a “House of Gratitude” to the family of Mui Thi Danh in Suoi Lua hamlet, Nam Phong commune, Phu Yen district.

The State Legal Assistance Center of Son La province on October 25 organized a training conference to enhance the capacity and knowledge of legal aid for 115 commune officials, village leaders, reputable community members, grassroots-level officials, and involved individuals from ethnic minority inhabited and mountainous areas in Quynh Nhai district.

Quynh Nhai district has six out of 11 communes achieving secondary education universalization standards at level 2 and five at level 3; and all the 11 communes reaching level 3 primary education universalization standards.

The Organising Committee of the 9th provincial Technical Innovation Competition on October 24 held a meeting of the judging council.

The Hanoi-based Vietnam National Children's Hospital (VNCH) on October 24 coordinated with Yen Chau district to organize a programme to support the building of houses for; and provide medical checkups and treatment, medicine, and gifts to children in the district’s Chieng Dong commune.

Since the beginning of this year, Yen Chau district has collaborated with businesses, organizations, and training institutions to organize two job introduction seminars in Phieng Khoai commune and the Yen Chau Ethnic Boarding Secondary and High School, attracting nearly 3,000 workers and students.

In the past 10 months, the Social Insurance Agency of Son La province has provided social and unemployment insurance benefits for 16,865 individuals.

The provincial Women's Union on October 22 coordinated with the provincial Association of the Elderly to organise a conference to honour outstanding elderly women in building cultural, wealthy and happy families.

The National Target Programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2030 period (Programme 1719) has been implemented effectively in Son La province, contributing to improving the quality of life for local residents.