ĐBP - In highland communes of Điện Biên province, agricultural production was previously mainly small-scale and fragmented by household. This led to difficulties in scaling up and organizing consumption according to the value chain.

ĐBP - Once poor and near-poor households with difficult lives, thanks to timely access to support programs and projects of the Party, the State, and social organizations along with suitable livelihood models, many families in highland communes have gradually stabilized their lives.

ĐBP - The transition from flat tax to declaration-based tax starting in 2026 is assessed as a step suitable for modernization, transparency, and integration goals, but business households must adapt to a model completely different from long-standing habits.

ĐBP - Building new-style rural areas is a key task with long-term significance in the socio-economic development process. Clearly realizing that, in the past term, Women’s Unions at all levels in Điện Biên province have promoted the organization’s role, stepped up dissemination, and mobilized officials and members to actively respond to the movement “The whole country joins hands to build new-style rural areas,” creating a vibrant emulation atmosphere, attracting a large number of women and people to participate.

ĐBP - To ensure agriculture continues to serve as a pillar of the economy and provide stable livelihoods for people in the pursuit of sustainable poverty reduction, the provincial agriculture sector has in recent years focused on developing key production areas, building value-chain linkages, and accelerating the application of science and technology as well as digital transformation in production. These efforts are gradually shaping a modern, sustainable agricultural sector and raising farmers’ incomes.

ĐBP - On the morning of Jan 5, under the chair of Lê Văn Lương, Deputy Secretary of the Điện Biên provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, the provincial People’s Committee met to agree on the draft growth scenario and the program and solutions for direction and administration in 2026. Accordingly, in 2026, Điện Biên province determined to strive for an ambitious gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth target of 10.5%.

ĐBP - The year 2025 marks a decisive turning point for Điện Biên province in administrative reform and competitiveness enhancement. Once burdened by the inherent challenges of a mountainous, border locality, the province is steadily asserting itself as a reliable destination for strategic investors, laying the groundwork for a new development phase.

ĐBP - Returning to the highland areas of Điện Biên province today, concrete roads wind along the hillsides, spacious new houses replace dilapidated temporary ones, and the national power grid lights up the most remote villages and hamlets. That changed appearance is the result of efforts to deploy national target programs in the province.

ĐBP - In the development structure of a border province, the border gate plays a “pivotal” role, determining the locality’s capability to connect with larger economic spaces. For Điện Biên, the A Pa Chải border gate is gradually heading towards a new trade axis, opening up prospects for economic and cultural development.

ĐBP - In 2025, Điện Biên’s industrial sector recorded a year of notable progress, marked by stronger growth, steadily improved infrastructure and the continued effective development of key industries. These results reaffirm the increasingly important role of industry as a major driver of the province’s GRDP growth.

ĐBP - Identifying that livestock farming plays an important role in economic development and bringing income for people, recently the Điện Biên provincial agricultural sector has actively applied scientific and technical advances in production.

ĐBP - Following the adoption of the two-tier local government model, the expansion of commune boundaries has left many highland villages far from commune centers, while transport infrastructure remains fragmented and underdeveloped, hindering mobility and socio-economic growth. Against this backdrop, for the 2025-2030 term, Điện Biên province has identified the prioritization of resources for completing and upgrading transport infrastructure, particularly at the grassroots level, as a key breakthrough to drive development.

ĐBP - Recently, Party committees and authorities at all levels in Điện Biên province have proactively innovated leadership and executive methods, strengthening dialogue and direct contact with the people and businesses. Thereby, timely grasping thoughts and aspirations, removing bottlenecks to accelerate the progress of works and projects in the area.

ĐBP - Identifying transportation infrastructure development as a strategic breakthrough, in recent years, Điện Biên province has focused on prioritizing investment resources in a synchronous direction, step-by-step removing connectivity “bottlenecks.”

ĐBP - In recent years, the number of wildlife farming facilities for commercial purposes in the provincial area has been increasing. Strict management, preventing the abuse of transforming into illegal wildlife trading activities while still creating favorable conditions for people, is being actively implemented by functional sectors.