To promote sustainable agricultural development, on January 21, 2021, the Executive Committee of the Son La Provincial Party Committee, 15th term, issued Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU with the goal of promoting green growth, building Son La province into a rapidly and sustainably developing province; and becoming a center for high-tech agricultural development in the Northwest region.

Son La is promoting high-tech agricultural production.

The transformation in the development of high-tech agriculture in Moc Chau town is reflected in impressive figures after 3 years of implementing Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU: The average production value in high-tech application areas in 2024 reached 195.8 million VND/ha. The entire town has 550 establishments applying water-saving irrigation to 613 hectares of crops; 23.2 hectares of crops managed with water-saving irrigation systems using IoT technology; 141 establishments with an area of ​​over 101 hectares applying production technology in greenhouses and net houses; 36 establishments applying VietGAP good agricultural practices and equivalent certifications in the field of crop production with a total area of ​​1,212 hectares;…

The development of high-tech agriculture is a top priority for Van Ho district. The district has implemented the project "Developing high-tech agriculture, linked with organic farming, by 2025".

Accordingly, Van Ho district has planned a high-tech agricultural development zone in the communes of Van Ho, Long Luong, Chieng Yen, Chieng Khoa, To Mua, and Song Khua. This includes promoting the application of high technology in agricultural production; forming sub-regions for high-tech crop cultivation; high-tech livestock farming zones and sub-regions; and developing organic agriculture.

To date, agricultural production in the area has shifted in the right direction, increasing productivity and product quality, with 254 hectares of high-tech and organic farming; including 25,600 m2 of greenhouses and glasshouses, over 80 hectares with water-saving irrigation systems, 162 hectares meeting VietGAP standards; 54 hectares granted planting area codes, eligible for export, 7 provincial-level OCOP products, 115 livestock farming models using biological bedding...; developing over 4,300 hectares of raw material areas, supplying more than 1,500 tons of agricultural products annually to serve factories and agricultural processing facilities in the area.

According to Mr. Nguyen The Phuong, Chairman of the People's Committee of Van Ho district, the project aims to have 1,000 hectares of high-tech and organic agricultural production throughout the district by the end of 2025.

It can be said that developing high-tech agriculture in Son La province is considered one of the key solutions to ensure sustainable agricultural development. To date, the province has built and developed many good models and practices in production, increasing the value of products, such as: models for early-ripening plums and longan, off-season safe vegetables; caring for fruit trees, tea, and coffee according to VietGAP, GlobalGAP, and organic standards; growing custard apples and strawberries... generating income from several hundred million to billions of VND/hectare/year.

According to Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU, by 2025, Son La province will build a national center for research and application of high technology in agriculture in Moc Chau town; build and establish one high-tech agricultural zone and 20 high-tech agricultural zones; and have eight or more zones that meet the criteria for recognition as high-tech agricultural zones...

To achieve these results, according to the leaders of Son La province, the province will continue to focus on restructuring agriculture in a substantive and effective manner, exploiting and developing the potential and advantages of each region. Agricultural development will move towards modern, specialized, large-scale commodity production, ensuring food safety based on the application of advanced science and technology, digital transformation, mechanization, and automation; closely linking agriculture with industry and services, and production with preservation, processing, and consumption of agricultural products.

Hien Luong