Personnel training cooperation is one of the priority tasks in foreign policy between Son La province and its Lao counterparts. In recent years, Son La's highly qualified personal training for Laos has achieved many positive results, significantly contributing to building and fostering the good friendship and neighbourliness between Son La and the its Lao provinces in particular, and between the two Parties and States in general.

The provincial Department of Health on December 1 held a meeting in response to the National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control and the World AIDS Day 2023.

Since 2021, Muong Thai commune, Phu Yen district has supported 15 households with housing difficulties to build and repair houses, with a total cost of nearly 500 million VND (20,600 USD).

The provincial Youth Union on November 29 organized a training course on startup skills for ethnic minority students as part of the activities implementing the National Target Programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority inhabited and mountainous areas in 2023.

The Department of Education and Training of Son La province on November 28 organised a workshop seeking ways to improve the quality of implementing the English language familiarisation programme at preschools in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Since the beginning of the year, the forest protection unit and the management board of Xuan Nha special-use forest have strengthened coordination with communal authorities and management boards of 17 villages in the special-use forest to promote dissemination of laws on forest protection and management. fire prevention and fighting.

The People's Committee of Phu Yen township organized street art performances and a culinary festival on Dang Thuy Tram street on the threshold of the Phu Yen Culture and Tourism Festival 2023 on the evening of November 24.

TNG Group, including Toyota Tay Bac Son La, Toyota Hoa Binh JSC and Toyota Ha Dong Company Limited, on November 24 organised a programme to support mountainous children, and inaugurated the upgrade of the Buoi hamlet school facility under the Ta Bu Primary and Secondary School in Muong La district.

More than 116.26 billion VND (4.8 million USD), or 21.8% of the total funds allocated for Son La province to implement the National Target Programme for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in 2023, has been disbursed so far this year.

The People's Committee of Son La province on November 22 held a ceremony to launch the action month for gender equality and gender-based violence prevention and control in 2023.

A workshop on improving and enhancing the efficiency of governance and public administration in Son La province in 2023 was held on November 22.

Son La College held a meeting on November 20 to celebrate the International Charter of Teachers Day the 41st anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20, 1982 - 2023).

The percentage of Quynh Nhai population covered by health insurance has reached 86.9% thanks to the district’s efforts to persuade people to participate in health insurance to access health services, thus ensuring social security.

In Moc Chau district, 139 alley lighting lines have so far been installed with a total length of over 251 km, and at the cost of over 15.5 billion VND (638,000 USD).

In the autumn weather, the mountains and forests of Son La highlands are covered with silvery mists and a characteristic cold. On the mountain slopes or at the beginning and end of hamlets, peach blossoms have bloomed. Golden rice terraced fields are in harvest season. The images of peaceful highland hamlets are becoming more and more visible.

To celebrate Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20), the provincial Cinema and Culture Center coordinated with the Division of Education and Training of Son La city to organize an art programme themed "Glory of Vietnamese teachers" on the evening of November 12.

Danisa Vietnam on November 9 coordinated with Tien Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper and the Son La provincial Youth Union to present gifts to teachers in difficult circumstances in Phu Yen district.

In the 2023-2024 school year, Mai Son district has 40 schools organizing boarding meals for 17,484 students.

Son La province is maintaining 168 models of domestic violence prevention and control; 290 family clubs for sustainable development; 487 domestic violence prevention groups; 989 trusted addresses in the community and 163 hotlines at grassroots level.

Mai Son district on November 8 organised a district-level firefighting and rescue drill during which forces and means were deployed to join the mission at the Song Lam Tay Bac Fertiliser Joint Stock Company.