Amidst the festive atmosphere nationwide for the National Day on September 2, a variety of commercial, cultural, and sporting activities were organised in Long Sap commune, Moc Chau district, attracting a large number of locals and tourists.

Cultural and sports exchanges were held at September 2 Park, Phu Yen town, Phu Yen district on September 2 to celebrate “Tet Doc lap” (Independence Day).

The highland market in Yen Chau district has continued with various sport activities imbued with cultural traits.

After two days of vibrant and distinctive cultural, art and sports activities, the New Rice Festival 2024 wrapped up on the afternoon of August 30 at Muong Chien Stadium in Ngoc Chien commune, Muong La district.

A photo exhibition highlighting the beauty of Thuan Chau district opened in Co Ma commune on August 31 as part of the series of events during the 2024 Culture, Sports, Tourism and Trade Week in the mountainous district.

Moc Chau district has directed competent agencies to strengthen inspection and examination of production, business and processing facilities, restaurants, and tourism household businesses to ensure food safety during the 2024 Moc Chau Culture and Tourism Week, which is taking place from August 28 to September 4.

The Son La provincial Association for Education Promotion on August 28 coordinated with sponsors to inaugurate a classroom building in Suoi Nau hamlet, Lien Hoa commune, Van Ho district.

The Traffic Police Division under the provincial Department of Public Security on August 28 held a ceremony to launch a model of transportation business enterprises committing to traffic safety.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Moc Chau district coordinated with the Moc Chau Dairy Cattle Breeding JSC (MOCCHAU MILK) to visit and give milk and money to students in flood-hit areas of Son La city and Mai Son district.

The provincial Red Cross Society and its Son La city chapter, in collaboration with Quy Thien Tam (Kind Heart Foundation) under Vietnamese private conglomerate Vingroup, on August 26 granted scholarships to students in disaster-stricken areas and those with difficult circumstances in the city.

A working delegation of the Mobile Police Command on August 21 visited and presented gifts to residents in Muong Chanh and Chieng Noi communes, Mai Son district, helping them overcome flood consequences.

Son La province has put in place comprehensive measures to increase the number of citizens and businesses using online public services.

Seventy-four out of the 188 communes in Son La province have met the new-style rural area building programme’s criteria No. 17 on environmental protection and food safety.

Implementing the Government's Project 06, the provincial Department of Public Security has directed units, and district and city police to focus on issuing electronic identification accounts for residents.

Quynh Nhai district’s police on August 12 launched of the "communal police’s fire pump" model.

After three years of implementing the national target programme on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2021-2030 period (Programme 1719), rural infrastructure has been gradually improved and the material and spiritual lives of ethnic people have been raised, contributing to improving the effectiveness of the new-style rural building programme.

Since the beginning of this year, total revenue from telecommunications and Internet services in Son La province has reached over 120 billion VND (4.77 million USD).

The provincial Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation organised a voluntary blood donation festival in Yen Chau district on August 3, with the message "Donate blood to save lives - Donate regularly".

Heavy rain as a result of storm Prapiroon, the second hitting Vietnam this year, have caused damage to property, houses, and crops in Tong Co commune, Thuan Chau district. Sharing the difficulties of households affected by floods, authorities at all levels, sectors, and benefactors have donated cash and in-kind to help them quickly stabilise their lives and production.

The Son La provincial Centre for Disease Control on August 1 coordinated with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and the provincial Department of Education and Training to organise a workshop to disseminate a plan to check the vaccination history and administer booster doses of vaccines for children entering preschools and primary schools in the province in 2024.