On the afternoon of August 6, the Provincial People's CommitteeSon LaOrganize in-person and online meetings to discuss investment plans for the construction of primary and secondary boarding schools in border communes, in accordance with Conclusion Notice No. 81-TB/TW dated July 18, 2025 of the Politburo.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Dinh Viet chaired a meeting to discuss investment plans for the construction of inter-level boarding schools in border communes. Photo: Nguyen Nga.

Through review,Son LaThere are currently 13 border communes with nearly 36,000 primary and secondary school students, and more than 2,000 teachers. However, to date, these communes do not have boarding schools; many semi-boarding schools are still limited, not meeting the learning needs well. Therefore, investing in building a system of inter-level boarding schools is identified as an urgent requirement, contributing to ensuring fairness in access to education, improving the quality of teaching and learning, reducing the dropout rate and creating conditions for ethnic minority children in border areas to study and develop comprehensively.

Recently, Son La province has organized working groups led by provincial leaders to directly survey the terrain, location and traffic conditions in 13 border communes. On that basis, the Provincial People's Committee proposed to build13 inter-level boarding schoolsin the communes: Muong Leo, Sop Cop, Muong Lan, Chieng Khoong, Muong Hung, Chieng Khuong, Phieng Pan, Yen Son, Phieng Khoai, Long Phieng, Long Sap, Chieng Son and Xuan Nha.

Of these, 11 schools will be completely newly built; 2 schools are expected to be renovated and upgraded. The total estimated investment demand is nearly 2,700 billion VND. Each school will have 30 classrooms, serving about 1,000 students.

At the meeting, the Department of Education and Training, along with departments, branches, and People's Committees of border communes, focused on discussing and proposing solutions to remove difficulties and speed up the completion of documents for early implementation of construction. According to a quick report from the leaders of 13 border communes, localities have proactively organized meetings to solicit public opinions, review the current status of land use, and preliminarily identify locations with favorable conditions forschool construction

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Dinh Viet and the working delegation inspected and surveyed the construction site of a primary and secondary boarding school in Muong Leo commune. Photo: Quoc Tuan.

A delegation from the Son La Provincial People's Committee surveyed the school construction site in Muong Lan commune. Photo: Quoc Tuan.

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Dinh Viet emphasized: The construction of a system of inter-level boarding schools in the provincesborder communeis a major policy, demonstrating the deep concern of the Party and State for the particularly difficult areas. This is not only an important political task but also an opportunity to invest in our current and future generations of students.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Viet requested that departments, branches, and People's Committees of border communes pay special attention and prioritize these projects, focus on leadership and direction, promptly complete planning, and fully prepare conditions for investment and construction implementation.

Tospeed up progress, The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial People's Committee Office to set up a Zalo group including the Chairman, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Directors, Deputy Directors of relevant departments, Secretaries, Chairmen of People's Committees of border communes... to regularly update, exchange and grasp the situation.

Departments and branches urgently review the work contents related to each field of responsibility, clearly determine the order of priority: which work needs to be done first, which work needs to be done later. People's Committees of communes fully list specific tasks, make implementation plans for each content. Department of Finance builds detailed and overall plans based on the work contents of each department, branch and each commune. EstablishmentSupport teamCommunes in implementing planning and investment procedures to provide timely guidance to localities...