♌ No more dilapidated homes left in Son La province
Since the beginning of 2025, the northern mountainous province of Son La has eliminated makeshift and dilapidated houses for 3,058 families, fulfilling 100% of its target.
🥂 Vice President examines post-flood recovery in Son La
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on August 9 examined the fixing of flood consequences in the northern mountainous province of Son La and visited people affected by natural disasters in Muong Chanh commune of Mai Son district and Ban Lam commune of Thuan Chau district.
⛦ Son La organises traditional New Year celebration for Lao students
The Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Young Union Committee of Son La province coordinated with local universities and colleges to hold a get-together on April 15 the occasion of Bunpimay - the traditional New Year festival of Laos.
📖 HCM City, Son La join UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Ho Chi Minh City and Son La city in the northern mountainous province of the same name have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) as announced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on February 14.
Son La-funded park in Lao province inaugurated
A friendship park project funded by the Party Committee and authorities of the northwestern province of Son La was inaugurated at a ceremony in Laos’s Xaysomboun province on January 7.
🧸 Burial service for soldier's remains repatriated from Laos
The northwestern mountainous province of Son La on December 20 held a memorial and burial service for Vietnamese voluntary soldier Ha Van Om who laid down his life in Laos.
📖 Remains of volunteer soldiers reburied in Son La province
A memorial ceremony and a reburial service were held in the northern province of Son La on June 24 for four Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos.
🐼 Son La: 10 death penalty, one life sentence for drug dealers
The People’s Court of the northwestern province of Son La handed out 10 death penalties and one life sentence to members of a drug trafficking ring during trials from June 1-5.
War-time bomb detected, destroyed in Son La
The sapper force under the military command of the northern province of Son La on October 13 removed a war-time bomb found in a residential area and safely destroyed it.
𝓰 60 years of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties marked in Son La
A ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of Vietnam – Laos diplomatic ties and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation was held in the northern mountainous province of Son La on August 29.
PM makes field trip to major projects in Son La
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a fact-finding trip to strategic projects in Son La on May 28 as part of his two-day visit to the northern mountainous province.
𒉰 Border gates between Son La, Lao province to reopen from April
Relevant agencies of the northern border province of Son La stand ready to work with their counterparts of Houaphanh province of Laos to resume operations of the main border gate pairs and an auxiliary one starting April 1.
🌃 Son La's integrated education management system meets int'l standards
The Integrated Management System (IMS) of the Department of Education and Training of Son La province has been certified to meet international standards by FrenchCert UK Ltd.
💟 Hundreds of houses built for poor households in Son La’s border district
Hundreds of houses were built in the border district of Song Mai, northern Son La province, last year, under a project on mobilising resources to address housing problems for poor households.
ꩲ Son La's five disadvataged hamlets connected to national grid
Five disadvantaged hamlets in Chieng Kheo commune in the northern mountainous province of Son La’s Mai Son district were connected to the national grid on December 30.
﷽ Son La offers medical aid to armed forces of Lao province
The Border Guard High Command of the northern border province of Son La on May 6 presented medical equipment to the Military High Command and Police of Houaphanh province of Laos amid the complex developments of COVID-19.
🌞 Son La receives rice support for between-crop period
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a decision assigning the Ministry of Finance to provide over 59,800 tonnes of rice to the northern mountainous province of Son La during the between-crop period of 2021.
💜 Three foreigners entering Vietnam illegally quarantined
Three foreigners who entered Vietnam illegally were brought to a concentrated quarantine facility in Moc Chau district of the northern border province of Son La, the provincial Department of Public Security announced on March 31.
ౠ Son La's sappers safely dispose 500-kg bomb left from war
The sapper force under the Military High Command of the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 10 safely set off a 500-kg bomb left from the war in Mai Son district.
꧟ Long Sap border gate upgraded into international one
The Government has recently issued Resolution No.182/NQ-CP on the upgrade of Long Sap border gate in the northern mountainous province of Son La into an international one.
🍎 Harvesting ‘green gold’ on cloud-covered mountains
Shan tuyet tea trees in Ta Xua commune of Bac Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Son La grow in an environment that is filled with clouds and cold fog all year round. Shan tuyet tea is a precious specialty of the local Mong ethnic minority people, who call it “green gold”.