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.

ĐBP - The 2025 - 2026 winter-spring crop is forecast to take place under weather conditions with many adverse factors, with a risk of prolonged severe cold and damaging cold spells accompanied by frost and ice.

ĐBP - Today, with just a few taps on a smartphone, people can pay electricity bills, shop online, submit administrative fees, or pay for public services without having to visit transaction counters. These changes in payment methods are the result of the development and growing maturity of the digital technology enterprise community in Điện Biên province.

ĐBP - In the final months of the year, the consumption demand for vegetables, tubers, and fruits in the province increases sharply, especially during the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday. To meet consumer demand, currently in concentrated production areas, farmers and cooperatives are urgently sowing vegetables, expanding areas, diversifying varieties, and applying safe production processes.

ĐBP - Stretching lush green forests, improved ecological environment, and the lives of highland people are better off thanks to their attachment to the forest. Everyone sees the benefits brought by the forest and voluntarily joins hands with the community to take care of, protect, and develop the forest.

ĐBP - The settlement of investment capital for completed projects is a crucial stage, ensuring publicity and transparency in the management and use of the state budget, while also serving as a basis for evaluating investment efficiency, the capacity of investors, and related units.

ĐBP - The effective implementation of policy credit programs through the form of entrustment between the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP)’s Mường Thanh branch and unions and mass organizations in Thanh An commune has made an important contribution to bringing preferential capital to the right beneficiaries in a timely and effective manner. Many youths, farmer members, and veterans receiving preferential loans have boldly invested in production development, step-by-step improving income and stabilizing life.

ĐBP - After the merger, Na Son commune possesses a large area and complex terrain, frequently suffering from the impact of natural disasters, while people’s lives remain difficult. 2025 is a special year as the commune officially operates under the 2-level local government model following the arrangement of administrative units.

ĐBP - In the final days of the year, Điện Biên province continuously welcomed investors, enterprises, and large foreign corporations to survey, research, and implement projects in the area.

ĐBP - Despite progress in expanding telecom networks, rolling out online public services and applying technology in governance, digital infrastructure in Điện Biên province remains uneven.

ĐBP - By renewing content and diversifying both target audiences and communication formats, the Điện Biên provincial Forest Protection and Development Fund has played an increasingly important role in spreading forest environmental policies, particularly the policy on payments for forest environmental services (PFES).

ĐBP - In recent days, on the construction sites of inter-level Primary - Secondary schools in border communes of Điện Biên province, the construction atmosphere has been taking place very urgently.