Last month, health facilities in Son La province offered medical examination, treatment, and emergency care effectively while focusing on improving the quality of services.

Responding to the "For the Poor" peak month in 2023, as of October 27, the Standing Board of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF Son La) had received more than 7.7 billion VND (313,420 USD) from agencies, units, businesses and philanthropists for the provincial "For the Poor" Fund.

The Hanoi-based charity group of Hanbin - Ngo Ngoc Hung fans organized a charity programme entitled "Singing on the hillside", giving gifts to students of the Ngoc Chien Primary School in Muong La district.

Son La province is home to 254 safe agricultural and aquatic product supply chains.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Phu Yen district on October 30 held a meeting to honour outstanding prestigious people in 2023.

Village 2 in Tong Lanh commune, Thuan Chau district, impresses visitors with spacious houses, concrete roads, and bustling grocery stores. All villagers are excited and proud as the village has transformed from a poor locality to a new-style rural area, also the first model new rural area in Thuan Chau.

The Son La provincial Youth Union coordinated with the Thuan Chau district People's Committee in organizing a job fair in the district on October 28 to introduce job opportunities to ethnic minority youth.

Thuan Chau district has instructed relevant agencies, communes and townships to well carry out social welfare policies since the beginning of this year.

Son La province has so far this year implemented 28 science and technology tasks, including 24 provincial-level projects, three under the centrally managed mountainous rural programme and one urgent project at the national level. 

The Organising Committee of the 6th provincial Innovation Contest for Youth and Children met on October 24 to review assessment results and discuss a plan for the award ceremony.

On the occasion of the 93rd founding anniversary of the Vietnam Women's Union, on October 19, the Board for the Advancement of Women in Thuan Chau district organised a conference to honour typical happy families in 2023. CTA: Leaders of Thuan Chau district present flowers to congratulate local women on the

In the first nine months of this year, Son La province provided job policy consultations for 22,238 people and conducted eight job fairs, with the participation of more than 12,000 labourers.

Since the beginning of the year, the Son La provincial Youth Union has mobilized 5.4 billion VND (220,000 USD) from central and local resources to cement nearly 10 km of roads; build and repair eight bridges; repair 17 irrigation works; build 43 hygienic latrines, 12 clean water projects, and 10 cultural houses.

On October 17, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Son La city Ha Trung Chien and other municipal leaders handed over the "Great Solidarity" houses to nine poor households in Chieng Coi and Chieng An wards and Chieng Ngan and Chieng Den communes.

Moc Chau district on October 17 organized a fund-raising programme for poor people called Day for the Poor 2023.

Phu Yen district’s Youth Union, in collaboration with the district’s Co Ba La (Clover) Volunteer Club and Thanh Phong Education Company Limited in Hanoi, has just handed over a "Happy Home" to the family of Giang Thi Do, Suoi Ve hamlet, Nam Phong commune.

Digital citizenship is an important element to form and develop a digital society in the current digital transformation cause. In Son La province, digital citizenship is gradually developing in a comprehensive manner, with specific difficulties of a mountainous province solved to help people master technology and apply it to serve their lives, thus gradually meeting the requirements of the digital society.

The provincial Culture and Cinema Center on October 16 opened a photo exhibition entitled "Women of Son La province in today's life" as part of activities to celebrate the 93rd founding anniversary of the Vietnam Women's Union (October 20).

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Son La province (VFF Son La) on October 16 held a ceremony to launch a campaign in support of the "For the Poor" Fund in 2023.

The Son La Medical College on October 15 organised the Job Fair 2023, offering an opportunity for students to directly contact employers, and update information related to occupations.