#Northwestern region

PM Chinh encouraged local residents to explore additional crops and livestock suitable for intercropping in order to maximise land use efficiency. Farmers were also urged to strengthen cooperation with one another and with businesses by joining cooperatives, consolidating land resources and working together to expand production and improve incomes.

The Hoa Ban Festival 2021, a popular spring flower festival which is held annually in the north and northwestern region, is due to take place in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien between January and May.

PSNews - Visiting Hanoi these days, tourists will have chance to admire Hoa Ban (Bauhinia Flowers), a type of flowers which look like soft and gentle clouds wrapping majestic mountains and hills from the northwestern region. 

PSNews - The Drug-Related Crime Investigation Department in close coordination with specialized units under the Ministry of Public Security and the Son La and Hoa Binh provincial police forces successfully have solved 107 specialized cases, arresting 240 subjects, seizing 153.42 kg heroin; 250,82kg and 134,160 tablets of synthetic drugs over the last 12 months.