Ta Hoc commune was established via merging Na Bo and Ta Hoc communes. It now has 20 villages and residential clusters, with over 3,200 households and 13,704 residents, including 8,408 people of working age. Most rural labourers in the commune are from the Mong, Thai, and Kho Mu ethnic groups. Focusing on job creation for rural workers, the commune has coordinated efforts to improve vocational training, implement preferential credit programmes for job creation, and connect with enterprises to recruit workers, helping people secure stable jobs and increase their income.

Son La has channeled investment into school infrastructure and upgraded equipment for boarding and semi-boarding campuses, while accelerating literacy initiatives and expanding vocational training and job creation for local workers.

The Son La provincial Red Cross Society, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) and the Sustainability Investment Promotion and Development Joint Stock Company (SIPCO), organised a programme in Long Phieng commune on November 25 to distribute water purifiers as part of community and climate action initiatives.

The Son La provincial Women’s Union on November 25 organised a training conference to improve basic knowledge and skills in preventing high-tech crime, drug-related crime, human trafficking, and the harmful effects of alcohol for 150 trainees who are officials and members of the women’s unions from 75 communes and wards across the province.

The Son La provincial Youth Union’s standing board, in coordination with the People’s Committee of Chieng Khoong commune, on November 24 organised a programme to bring gifts and meals to disadvantaged students at Muong Cai Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities.

The Son La provincial Women’s Union held a training conference on law dissemination and education on November 24.

The provincial Farmers’ Union on November 24 organised a training conference aimed at improving capacity and shifting awareness and mindset among local residents and communities regarding agricultural economic development and new-style rural construction.

The provincial Youth Union on November 23 organised a training conference on start-up knowledge and skills for ethnic minority students in 2025, drawing 100 students from Tay Bac University and Son La College.

The provincial Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs on November 18-19 organised a conference to disseminate legal information and raise awareness about the harmful effects of child marriage and consanguineous marriage in 2025.

On the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20), the Party Committee, People’s Council, and People’s Committee of To Hieu ward on November 19 organised five working delegations to visit and present gifts to 14 public and private educational institutions in the locality.

To create sustainable employment for workers, Muong La commune has linked vocational training with job creation, proactively partnering with enterprises to organise job fairs, connect labour markets, and support labour export.

The police division of fire prevention and control and rescue under the provincial Department of Public Security on November 17 provided training for 200 members assigned to fire safety and rescue duties from the wards of To Hieu, Chieng An, Chieng Coi and Chieng Sinh.

The Ta Khoa commune People’s Committee held the first job fair and career counseling event 2025 on November 16.

Efforts to implement the Socio-Economic Development Programme for Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2025 period (Programme 1719) in Ta Hoc commune have paid off, with various concrete roads, cultural houses and bridges built, the local economy growing, and people’s material and spiritual lives improving.

The Youth Affairs Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, in coordination with the provincial Youth Union and TikTok Shop, on November 11 organised a training conference to strengthen digital skills for selling rural youth in promoting OCOP (One Commune Once Product) products.

Implementing environmental criteria, localities across Son La province have made significant efforts to adopt various solutions to improve and maintain environmental quality indicators, contributing to keeping rural landscapes clean and beautiful.

The Tay Bac (Northwest) University on November 8 organised a national scientific conference themed “The Northwestern Region – Interdisciplinary Approaches.” The event was attended by leaders of provincial departments and sectors, as well as representatives from universities and colleges across the country.

The provincial Youth Union on November 8 coordinated with Vinschool Ocean Park Primary School and other sponsors to inaugurate the “Beautiful School for Children” project at the Tham hamlet primary school site of the Chieng Ve Primary and Secondary School in Chieng Mai commune.

The youth union of the force development division under the provincial Department of Public Security, in coordination with Thao Nguyen ward police, the youth’s and women’s boards of the department, and sponsors, held a programme to present computers to Lang Chieu Secondary School in Ta Xua commune on November 7.

The People’s Procuracy of Region I, in coordination with the To Hieu Secondary School in Chieng Coi ward, November 6 organised a 2025 anti-drug awareness programme, attracting the participation of 750 students. The event was part of a series of activities in response to Vietnam Law Day (November 9).