A corner of Sin Suoi Ho market which is held every Saturday morning (Photo: VNA)

Lai Chau's Sin Suoi Ho sees new vitality from cultural, rural initiatives

Thanks to the effective implementation of the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" and the National Target Programme on New Rural Development, Sin Suoi Ho commune in Lai Chau province is taking on a new look, helping improve living standards and strengthen the great national unity bloc.

Local residents continue to preserve their traditional ethnic costumes and still craft these garments by hand. (Photo: baotintuc.vn)

Cultural identity underpins community tourism growth in Sin Suoi Ho

Located at nearly 1,500 m above sea level and surrounded by pristine forests and majestic mountains, Sin Suoi Ho enjoys a cool climate year-round. The village is home entirely to ethnic Mong people, who have preserved their traditional cultural values for generations, from wooden houses and stone fences to musical instruments, farming tools, and communal ways of life.

The new Chairman of the Lai Chau provincial People’s Committee, Ha Quang Trung, delivers his inauguration remarks. (Photo: VNA)

Lai Chau has new provincial People’s Committee Chairman

New Chairman of the Lai Chau provincial People's Committee Ha Quang Trung pledged to continue reform efforts, enhance the effectiveness of State management, and fully perform his duties in accordance with the Constitution and law.

The meeting between Lai Chau and Yunnan officials in the Vietnamese province on October 29 (Photo: nhandan.vn)

Lai Chau, China’s Yunnan province enhance cooperation

The Lai Chau leader encouraged the two sides' agencies and businesses to transfer agricultural technologies, particularly those for crop cultivation, harvesting, preservation, and processing of medicinal herbs and fruits, as well as to share plant breeding techniques.

An overview of the talks between leaders of Lai Chau and Oudomxay provinces (Photo: VNA)

Lai Chau strengthens collaboration with Lao province

A delegation of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on October 12 held talks with a delegation from Laos' Oudomxay province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Governor Vongsavanh Saynhavong.

General Trinh Van Quyet, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, poses for a group photo with leaders of Lai Chau province. (Photo: VNA)

15th Lai Chau provincial Party Congress kicks off

Lai Chau has made important strides during 2020–2025 thanks to unity and resilience. The province’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) expanded by an average of 5.4% annually, reaching 32.6 trillion VND (1.23 billion USD), while per capita income rose to about 65 million VND per year, up 21.3 million VND from 2020.

At a working session between the Politburo’s working group and the standing board of the Lai Chau provincial Party Committees (Photo: VNA)

Politburo’s working groups review plans for Lai Chau, Ha Tinh, Can Tho Party Congresses

The working groups directed the Party Committees of Lai Chau, Ha Tinh, and Can Tho to refine their congress documents by incorporating feedback from Politburo and Secretariat members, as well as input from ministries and agencies. They also called for active contributions to the 13th Party Central Committee’s draft documents for the 14th National Party Congress and thorough preparations to ensure successful congress outcomes.

At the conference (Photo: VNA)

Lai Chau accelerates substandard house elimination by late June

According to the steering committee’s report, a total of 7,064 local households require support, comprising 5,831 in need of new construction and 1,233 repairs, with an estimated total cost of nearly 387 billion VND (approximately 14.9 million USD).

State President Luong Cuong participates in making "banh chung" as part of his pre-Tet visit to Lai Chau on January 9. (Photo: VNA)

State President pays pre-Tet visit to northern border Lai Chau province

State President Luong Cuong visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Party organisation, administration, people, and armed forces of Pa Tan commune in Sin Ho district of the northern noutainous province of Lai Chau, and presented gifts to local policy beneficiary families and poor households, on January 9 as part of the Spring in border areas warms people's hearts” programme.

An agricultural product fair in Lai Chau - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Lai Chau city thrives after 20 years of establishment

A ceremony was held on October 26 to mark 20 years of the establishment of Lai Chau city’s Party Organisation (October 26, 2004 - 2024), and Lai Chau township (now Lai Chau city) (October 10, 2004 - 2024) of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.