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.

The provincial Department of Education and Training on August 1 organized a training conference on drug prevention and control in schools for over 300 officials in charge of drug prevention, club leaders, youth union secretaries and presidents of the trade unions of local schools.

Son La province's competent forces have been strengthening inspections of ensuring cyper safety and security, and protecting state secrets in cyberspace.

The health station of Muong Lam commune, Song Ma district has been completed and put into use after more than one year of construction.

The provincial study promotion association on July 30 presented gifts to students affected by the recent floods in Mai Son district and Son La city.

The Phu Yen district Association for the Support of People with Disabilities and Orphans has donated 37 wheelchairs to local disabled people, with a total value of nearly 70 million VND (2,768 USD).

Song Ma district planted more than 12,000 scattered trees in the first half of 2024.

Since the beginning of this year, Son La province’s Center for Disease Control has screened nearly 4,000 people in 22 economically difficult communes for hypertension and diabetes.

A working group of the provincial Centre for Disease Control on July 29 inspected and supervised the implementation of environmental sanitation and domestic water treatment in Tong Co commune following storm Prapiroon, the second of its kind hitting Vietnam this year.

The Son La city relief mobilisation board on July 29 held a ceremony to raise funds in support of people affected by floods in the city, with the presence of Ha Trung Chien, member of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the city Party Committee, Chairman of the city People's Council.

With the goal of innovating the working style of grassroots government officials towards people's satisfaction, in recent times, Moc Chau district has synchronously implemented many solutions, from institutional reform and administrative apparatus organisation to building and improving the quality of officials and civil servants.

The Management Board of Muong La Nature Reserve has directed consultants and contractors to focus on managing, protecting and caring for 30 hectares of planted forests under the green growth project, and 144 hectares of replacement forests, and conserving 195 hectares of forests planted from previous years.

Over the past days, heavy rains have flooded many areas in Son La, causing environmental pollution and increasing the risk of disease outbreaks. The local health sector is focusing on reviewing and assessing disease risks in natural disaster-hit areas to work out response measures, especially ensuring environmental sanitation and clean water for daily use.

While Son La is “struggling” to overcome the consequences of storm Prapiroon – the second of its kind hitting Vietnam this year, the provincial Hydrometeorological Station warns that from the evening of July 28 to August 1, the province is likely to experience heavy rains, even downpours in several places, with rainfall ranging from 70-200mm, even over 300mm in some places. They may be accompanied by thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind.

Son La province is maintaining the operation of 285 safe agricultural and aquatic product supply chains.

The provincial Red Cross on July 25 visited and gave gifts to 60 households whose houses were completely flooded in Phe, Co, and Thum Cay hamlets, Tong Co commune, Thuan Chau district, with a total value of 90 million VND (3,560 USD).

Sop Cop district is promoting its advantages, speeding up economic restructuring, and building agricultural production models in the direction of applying technical advances in production, thus bringing about economic efficiency, and boosting sustainable agricultural development.

Youth unions across Son La province on July 24-25 established 182 youth volunteer teams, with the participation of 3,780 youth union members, young people, and soldiers of the armed forces, to support people to overcome flood consequences.

On July 24, a working delegation of the provincial Military Command led by Commander Colonel Chu Van Thanh visited and gave gifts to heroic Vietnamese mother Doan Thi Diep in Group 10, Quyet Thang ward, Son La city.

In the first six months of 2024, Son La province saw 27 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) registering to operate in the province according to regulations.