* Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trần Tiến Dũng welcomed the Laos’ Phongsaly provincial delegation to Điện Biên to attend the còn throwing festival. At the same time, he briefly informed the delegation about the development situation of Điện Biên and the province’s development orientation for the 2026 - 2030 period. Currently, Điện Biên province is oriented towards building a “green - smart - sustainable” province by 2030. In this period, the province identifies focusing on developing smart agriculture, deep processing; historical, resort, and sports tourism; and renewable energy... Currently, Điện Biên agriculture possesses over 12,000ha of macadamia; over 8,000ha of coffee along with many strong crops. All aiming for the goal of economic growth exceeding 10% in 2026.

The Head of the Phongsaly provincial delegation briefly informed the Secretary of the Điện Biên provincial Party Committee about the province’s development situation and the results of the recently held provincial Party Congress. Frankly sharing that Phongsaly still faces many difficulties, the guest hoped that in the coming time, Điện Biên province would pay attention to and support Phongsaly in connecting and calling for investors in many fields, contributing to promoting the province’s socio-economic development. Special attention is paid to the potential for wind energy and solar power.

He hoped that Điện Biên, with experience in protecting, preserving, and exploiting historical relics, would share and help Phongsaly promote the potential and advantages of revolutionary bases, according to the Central Government’s orientation for the province in the new term. He wished for departments and branches of the two provinces to strengthen exchanges, share experiences, and help each other in professional work.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trần Tiến Dũng congratulated the results of the friendly province’s congress. At the same time, agreeing with Phongsaly’s proposals, he requested Điện Biên provincial departments and branches to continue researching support for Phongsaly in fields and providing information on Phongsaly’s development potential to investors and enterprises in related fields...

* The same day, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trần Tiến Dũng received the delegation of Jiangcheng county and Pu’er city, Yunnan province (China).

At the reception, the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee welcomed the working delegation to Điện Biên to participate in the 2025 Vietnam - Laos - China Three-Nation Còn Throwing Festival. Along with this exchange event, the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee exchanged with the delegation a number of contents related to economic development cooperation. In which, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trần Tiến Dũng emphasized the desire that after returning home, the delegation would propose to provincial and Central leaders to promote the early upgrading of the Long Phú - A Pa Chải International Border Gate. While waiting for the upgrade, continuing to open openings for goods trade between the two sides. Related to this content, the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee further informed that Điện Biên is preparing for the border gate upgrade, in which the Department of Home Affairs is building a program to send 20 civil servants to learn Chinese, with intensive study and practice time in Yunnan province.

Along with the trading border gate, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Trần Tiến Dũng assessed that both sides have potential and strengths to promote cooperation in developing agriculture, tourism, and border markets, aiming to effectively implement contents according to the memorandum of understanding at the 5th annual Conference between Secretaries of provincial Party Committees of Lai Châu, Điện Biên, Lào Cai, Tuyên Quang (Vietnam) and Yunnan province (China) in 2025.

The guest basically agreed with the contents raised by the Secretary of the Điện Biên provincial Party Committee. He said that regarding accelerating the construction progress of the A Pa Chải - Long Phú International Border Gate, the Chinese side is preparing to conduct construction of a number of items on the Long Phú border gate side, with an expected construction time of 2 years. Both sides coordinate and make efforts to complete the border gate upgrade; at the same time soon agree on contents related to goods trade, immigration, and creating conditions for goods clearance, especially cassava, sugarcane, coffee...

The guest was especially interested in cooperation in growing sugarcane, aiming to create a raw material area of 2,000ha in Sín Thầu commune. Along with that, wishing to promote cooperation in coffee development between enterprises of Pu’er city and enterprises of Điện Biên province; hoping coffee enterprises of Điện Biên province will participate in the upcoming 3-nation border trade fair; welcoming enterprises to come for surveys in Pu’er city. At the same time, expressing the expectation that coffee trade cooperation can be realized in the first quarter of 2026. In addition, proposing cooperation in the fields of health, education - training, and cross-border labor management.

Secretary of the Điện Biên provincial Party Committee Trần Tiến Dũng highly appreciated the proposals of the working delegation regarding cooperation in sugarcane planting and deep processing or coffee trading. Điện Biên will send reputable coffee enterprises to participate in the 3-nation border trade fair, expanding cooperation opportunities with enterprises of Pu’er city. Regarding goods circulation on both sides of the border, Điện Biên is ready to coordinate to promote implementation as soon as possible; the list of circulating goods needs to be diversified so that border trade takes place vibrantly. In the fields of education and health, the Secretary of the provincial Party Committee agreed with the proposals and will study to direct early implementation.