The Mai Son district People’s Committee held a conference on December 12 to honour organisations and individuals for their outstanding contributions to poverty reduction in 2024 and to outline goals for 2025.

A delegation of the provincial Military Command on December 13 visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiary families and revolution contributors in Son La city on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024).

The Agricultural Service Centre of Thuan Chau district coordinated with the People’s Committee of Chieng Ngam commune and the Hanoi Agriculture Joint Stock Company I to organise the handover of 67 breeding cows to local households on December 12 as part of the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction in 2024.

The provincial Red Cross Society, in cooperation with the Red Cross Society of Hai Phong city and the Quynh Nhai district Health Center, on December 12 organized a programme offering free medical check-ups, consultations, and medicines for 200 people from poor and near-poor households in Chieng Khoang commune.

Since the beginning of this year, Son La province has directed the continued implementation of a project on building and developing the grassroots healthcare network in the new situation, aiming to consolidate and improve the quality of health care activities at the grassroots level.

The provincial Youth Union on December 9 hosted a forum fostering friendship and opposing school violence at the provincial continuing education centre. The event brought together 370 high school students.

The Son La provincial Youth Union, in collaboration with the Can Tho city Youth Union, is organising the “Can Tho youth with people in Son La’s mountainous areas” journey from December 7-10 in Chieng Khay commune, Quynh Nhai district, in response to the Volunteer Programmes for Winter 2024 and Spring 2025.

Son La city’s police on December 7 organised a training course on fire fighting and prevention and rescue for nearly 140 people from fire prevention and rescue forces at 10 primary schools in the city.

The Pham family from Thanh Hoa province and the Tong family from Son La province on December 7 visited and presented gifts to people in need in Quynh Nhai district.

The work of promoting education in the northwestern provinces in 2024 was reviewed at a conference held by the Vietnam Association of Promoting Education (VAPE) in Son La province on December 3.

The provincial Women's Union held a ceremony on December 2 to launch a pilot model entitled “Son La women are healthy and beautiful every day” in Son La city. Following the city, the model, gathering women online, is expected to be rolled out across the province.

A ceremony was held in Muong Leo commune, Sop Cop district on December 2 to launch the volunteer programmes for winter 2024 and spring 2025 in Son La province.

The provincial Centre for Disease Control, in collaboration with Tay Bac University, on November 29 organised a workshop on HIV prevention and provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services for 90 students of the university.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF) of Mai Son district on November 29 handed over "Great Unity" houses to poor and particularly disadvantaged households in Chieng Kheo commune.

The provincial Women's Union and its chapter in Son La city held a ceremony in the city’s Hua La commune on November 29 to launch the "Women's Union of 5 Have-s, 3 Clean-s" model in Mong hamlet.

The Youth Union of Son La city and the municipal Division of Education and Training, on November 29 co-organized a forum on building a culture of behavior in schools.

The Ho Chi Minh City-based Petrovietnam Transportation Corporation (PVTrans) on November 29 presented gifts to children at Lo Van Gia Kindergarten in Son La city.

The provincial Women's Union, in collaboration with the GREAT 2 project management board, on November 28 opened a training course entitled "Business Incubation" for 19 members and representatives of 14 cooperatives, business groups, and households in Van Ho, Yen Chau, Phu Yen, Bac Yen, and Mai Son districts.

The Vietnam Women's Union, in collaboration with the Vietnam Social Security, organized a conference in Son La city on November 27 to disseminate voluntary social insurance and household health insurance policies for 250 female staff and members from communes and wards across the city.

The Committee for the Advancement of Women in Thuan Chau district on November 27 coordinated with the district Women's Union to organise the “Orange the World” event calling on the public to act together for gender equality, in response to the action month gender equality and gender-based violence prevention and response 2024.