ĐBP - In recent years, Economic - Defense Unit 379 under Military Region 2 has emerged as a model unit in implementing the national target program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Driven by the motto “Serving the people,” its officers and soldiers have helped thousands of households secure stable livelihoods, strengthening this vital frontier region in all aspects: economy, politics, and national defense.

ĐBP - Điện Biên province has diverse natural conditions with many microclimates, creating a rich source of plant genetics. Varieties like Mường Phăng nếp tan rice, Na Son red peanuts, and Tìa Dình winter melon have become specialties.

ĐBP - Implementing the two-level local government model, along with consolidating the apparatus towards being streamlined and effective, Điện Biên province has also placed special emphasis on the rational use and exploitation of redundant headquarters.

ĐBP - In recent years, agricultural production in Điện Biên province has been continuously affected by natural disasters and animal diseases, causing heavy losses. While most agricultural activities are carried out by households and small cooperatives with limited capacity to cope and recover, existing support policies have not met practical needs, with low support levels and narrow coverage.

ĐBP - After the administrative unit rearrangement, the non-organization of the district level has set new requirements for the commune level in leadership and management. The commune party committee has become the leadership nucleus for all socio-economic development activities at the grassroots. In building new-style rural areas, the role of the party committee is especially important because this task is linked to developing infrastructure, improving the quality of life, and creating a new face for rural areas.

ĐBP - In the journey of socio-economic development in Điện Biên, rubber trees are often referred to as “white gold” in the effort to eradicate poverty and create sustainable livelihoods for local communities.

ĐBP - Điện Biên is a locality where over 80% of the population is ethnic minorities, residing sparsely in remote areas with complex terrain and difficult travel. Religious and belief activities have many unique characteristics, closely tied to the cultural life and customs of people. This requires officials, party members, especially armed forces, those who are directly in touch with people, villages, and areas, to be fully equipped with knowledge about ethnic groups and religion to effectively carry out mass mobilization, communication, and advocacy, contributing to firmly safeguarding the nation’s borders.

ĐBP – Recently, the Điện Biên provincial Police’s Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention Division, in coordination with the Department of Education and Training, organized a series of activities to promote online safety skills for students as part of the “Not Alone” campaign. The activity aims to raise awareness and equip students with self-protection skills against the increasingly sophisticated risks of scams, enticement, and online kidnapping in cyberspace.

ĐBP - On November 10, the Điện Biên provincial Party Committee held a conference to announce the decisions of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board on personnel work.

ĐBP - In recent times, many schools in the province have flexibly and vividly integrated local cultural, historical, and traditional values, customs, and practices into their teaching content. This helps students better understand their roots and national identity, contributing to fostering pride, and the awareness of preserving and promoting good traditional values. This allows culture to “live” in every lesson, to be preserved in daily actions and words, and to spread, becoming a beautiful feature of the school environment.

ĐBP - Leaving their old homes in villages, small, tender, hesitant feet stepped through a new gate. Here, there are no more cold, huddled nights, no more unstable meals, but instead a new home, sparkling with warm sunshine and filled with love.

ĐBP - In recent years, in Pú Nhung commune, Điện Biên province, fruit trees are gradually becoming a crop for poverty reduction, promoting economic development.

ĐBP - The collective economy, with cooperatives as its core, is increasingly affirming its important role in socio-economic development. By using flexible and creative methods, cooperatives on provincial lands are helping people link up in production, create jobs, increase income, and contribute to economic restructuring, new rural development, and promoting digital transformation in the highlands.

ĐBP - Thousands of students are supported to go to school; hundreds of thousands of meters of land are donated by people to build roads and cultural houses; tens of thousands of gifts and compassionate meals are given to those in need. Many people are willing to participate in voluntary blood donation, helping to save patients who need the gift of life. Amidst the busy pace of life, there are hearts quietly contributing to the community day and night.

ĐBP - On the afternoon of November 8, a Government working delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Thành Long visited and worked with Điện Biên province.

ĐBP - Digital transformation is spreading strongly to all areas of life, and putting local agricultural products on e-commerce (e-commerce) platforms has become an inevitable direction to expand markets and enhance product value. The Điện Biên provincial Post Office has pioneered the application of digital technology to promote and sell agricultural products.

ĐBP - In today’s context, consumers are paying greater attention to food quality, food safety and clean agricultural products. In Điện Biên province, agricultural production is shifting towards VietGAP and organic standards to produce clean, safe crops. Many cooperatives and household farms have joined supply chains for safe food, opening up sustainable agricultural development linked with eco-tourism.