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The northern mountainous province of Son La is making adjustments to its master plan on tourism development while asking the Government to help it develop local traffic infrastructure.

Construction on a memorial house dedicated to martyrs of the Son La Prison began in the northern province of Son La on April 11.

The police of northern Ha Nam province and the Police Department for Drug-related Crimes Investigation under the Ministry of Public Security have broken up a large-scale drug trafficking ring.

Over 400 years ago, the Lao migrants got help from the Thai ethnic people in Muong Va commune, the Laos-bordered province of Son La, to build a tower that became a national ancient architectural relic

Police of the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested two men for illegally transporting 30 packs of heroin on February 22.

Mong ethnic people’s traditional new year falls in the twelfth month of the year, normally one month earlier than Lunar New Year.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan visited and presented gifts to poor households and welfare policy beneficiaries in Son La on January 14-15.

Seventeen Vietnamese officials, volunteer experts and soldiers who had performed international missions in Laos have been awarded with the orders and medals of Laos.

Work started on a project to upgrade a 110km section of National Highway 6 running through the northwestern mountainous province on October 29.

An exhibition entitled “Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos belong to Vietnam – historic and legal evidence” reached northern Son La province on September 9.

Visitors to Moc Chau district in the northern province of Son La can view the beautiful plateau from above on air balloons during the International Air Balloon Festival 2016.

The upgrade of Na San Airport in northern Son La Province will cost an estimated 2 trillion VND (89.3 million USD), according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA).

Local authorities of the northern mountainous provinces of Son La and Bac Kan were requested to focus on overcoming the consequences of typhoon Nida, which had a severe impact on northern localities.

The police in the northern mountainous province of Son La have arrested a man for illegally transporting 20 cakes (about 7 kg) of heroin.