Ngoc Chien - the land known as "the fairyland in the mountains and forests" in Son La - Northwest will officially operate with a new leadership from July 1.

Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan, Deputy Chief of Office of Son La Provincial People's Committee, is the person trusted to be the Secretary of the Commune Party Committee. This is both an honor and pride, but also a great responsibility for Mr. Tuan. He himself determined to make every effort, unite with the collective leadership of the commune; promote the capacity and strengths of each individual; encourage and motivate people to join hands to preserve the national cultural identity to promote sustainable development of Ngoc Chien tourism.

“The Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee also highly agreed to focus on developing tourism and agriculture - these are the strengths of the commune. To do that, we need the determination and consensus of the Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee and the attention and support of the province. Together with the consensus of the people and the participation of the entire political system, we believe we will achieve this goal,” said Mr. Tuan.

Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan (white shirt, first table in the middle row) attended a meeting with the collective of cadres and leaders of Ngoc Chien commune, ready to operate the new apparatus from July 1, 2025.

For Mr. Vang A La, although he has held many positions and leadership positions, such as Deputy Secretary, Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairman of the Son La Provincial Labor Federation... but on this occasion, when the Provincial Party Standing Committee continues to trust and assign him the important responsibility of being the Party Secretary of the new Phieng Cam commune, including the merged Phieng Cam and Chieng Noi communes, he cannot help but feel emotional. These are particularly difficult communes, mainly inhabited by Mong people, with low educational level... so he determined to do his best to bring a "new wind" to change the face of the rural highlands.

Mr. Vang A La shared that, being a Mong person himself, now leading a commune where his ethnic group is the majority, he will easily implement "4 together" with his fellow countrymen, including eating together, living together, working together, and speaking the same language as the local people. Through that, he hopes to work with the Party Committee, government and local people to speed up the poverty alleviation effort in the locality.

“The leader is of the same ethnicity as the majority of the people, so it is inevitable that other people will think about their clan and family. However, I believe that with my personal efforts and determination and the efforts of the entire team of cadres of the commune, including local forces and the number of brothers reinforced from the province, I believe and am determined not to disappoint the trust of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and the people, step by step, we will make efforts to bring Phieng Cam commune to new developments in the near future,” said Mr. Vang A La.

Mr. Vang A La, Chairman of the Son La Provincial Labor Federation, was transferred to hold the position of Secretary of the Party Committee of the new Phieng Cam commune, Son La province from July 1, 2025 (photo: MT)

The border commune of Long Sap, mainly inhabited by Mong and Thai ethnic groups, is currently the commune with the highest poverty rate in Moc Chau town, at over 16%. By the end of 2024, the average income per capita of people in the commune will only reach 24 million VND; while the average income of the district is over 45 million VND/person/year. This is also a commune with many complications in terms of security and order, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, etc.

Mr. Tran Xuan Thanh, currently Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Moc Chau town, who was assigned to take on the position of Chairman of the Commune People's Committee from July 1, 2025, shared that there will be a lot of work to do and must be implemented drastically in the coming time so that the people can have a more stable and prosperous life. He himself determined that it is necessary to increase the work at the grassroots level, be close to the people, propagate and mobilize people to change their thinking and awareness of the new cultural life. Along with that, "holding hands and showing them how to do it" so that people know how to raise livestock, produce organically and recirculate to develop the family economy.

“We will try to regularly propagate and support people in the form of hand-holding to develop the economy, focusing on temperate fruit trees and developing concentrated livestock farming, striving to create safe and quality products, aiming to develop the socio-economy, helping people's lives to become better and better,” said Mr. Thanh.

From June 24, 2025, new communes and wards of Son La province have been put into trial operation.

The workload is large; many problems may arise when the new model officially comes into operation. However, the leadership team of the new communes and wards in Son La are fully aware of their responsibilities, have been and are carefully preparing their mindset, methods, knowledge... to perform well the assigned tasks, determined to bring the locality to make a breakthrough, reaching many successes when implementing the 2-level local government model, starting from July 1, 2025.