On July 16, working with the Standing Committee of Son La Provincial Party Committee, General Secretary and President To Lam requested the locality to take advantage of transport infrastructure projects to create growth momentum, economic development associated with environmental protection and improving people's lives.
Reporting at the working session, leaders of Son La province said that in the first 6 months of 2026, the province's GRDP is estimated to increase by 6.02% compared to the same period.
Disbursement of public investment capital reached more than 2,618 billion VND, equal to 55.6% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister; investment attraction improved with 22 projects approved, total registered capital of more than 43,000 billion VND.
The province also completed the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses 5 months earlier than planned; the fields of culture, education, health, and social security continue to be concerned.
However, Son La still faces many difficulties such as growth not reaching the target, limited transportation and digital infrastructure, and investment attraction not commensurate with its potential.
At the working session, the province proposed that the Central Government soon invest in expanding the Hoa Binh - Moc Chau expressway to 4 lanes; deploy the Moc Chau - Son La - Dien Bien - Tay Trang border gate expressway; approve the detailed plan of Na San Airport and support resources to invest in a number of key infrastructure projects.
Concluding, General Secretary and President To Lam assessed that Son La has many development opportunities from the expressway system, high-tech agriculture, tourism and renewable energy.
However, localities need to clearly define the development model, focus resources on areas that can create breakthroughs, not develop scattered and not trade off the environment for growth.
General Secretary and President emphasized the requirement that Son La must turn expressways into development corridors, associated with planning logistics centers, processing zones, urban areas, services and tourism along the route, instead of just roads passing through the area.
For agriculture, Son La needs to reorganize production according to the value chain, strengthen links between raw material areas and processing plants; develop key products such as Arabica coffee, tea, fruit trees, milk and pharmaceuticals.
In which, aiming to build Son La into a high-quality coffee center, specialty coffee and deep processing.
Regarding tourism, the General Secretary and President requested to increase value instead of just increasing the number of visitors; form tourism routes connecting Moc Chau, Van Ho, Ta Xua, Ngoc Chien, Quynh Nhai and Son La hydropower reservoir.
The General Secretary and President also requested the province to continue to pay attention to developing education, sustainable poverty reduction, improving the operational efficiency of local authorities at two levels, promoting digital transformation, maintaining national defense, security and the great national unity bloc.
Regarding Son La's recommendations, the General Secretary and President assigned the Government and ministries and sectors to study and remove bottlenecks, prioritize infrastructure investment to create conditions for the locality to complete socio-economic development goals in the 2026-2030 period.
