On May 23, nearly 500,000 voters in Lao Cai province cast ballots at 1,138 voting stations to elect 6 deputies to the 15th National Assembly and 3,575 People's Council deputies at all levels and tasks, 2021-2026 term. The percentage of Lao Cai voters who voted reached over 99.98 percent, with 7/9 districts and cities reaching 100 percent. Election activities and election organization was strictly followed by regulations, ensuring security, safety, and order. To achieve that result, the Lao Cai province’s Election Commission used a variety of strategies, including synchronously deploying solutions to use information technology to serve the election.
Faced with a complicated pandemic situation, the Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee formed a working group of 32 people to assist Bac Giang province in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the afternoon of May 27, the Provincial Election Committee held a press conference to provide preliminary information on the election results of the 15th National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies of Lao Cai province, term 2021-2026, Member of Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Council, Vice Chairman of Provincial Election Commission chaired the press conference.
On May 25, the Election Committee of Lao Cai province issued Report No. 130/UBBC-TT on the situation and preliminary results of the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term in the local area. According to the general assessment, the election took place safely and in accordance with the law.
The election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels in Lao Cai province for the 2021-2026 term was successful with a voter turnout rate of 99.98%.
At exactly 19:00, the time to stop the statutory voting at the voting stations, Mr. Dang Xuan Phong, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Election Steering Committee elected delegates to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels of Lao Cai province, term 2021 - 2026 (the Provincial Election Steering Committee) was present at the Standing Office of the Provincial Election Committee to directly monitor and control the election, check the counting of votes at the voting stations through online form.
These days, the center of the province, Lao Cai city, is splendidly decorated with many brilliant colors. On the streets, parks, traffic intersections, squares, state offices, everywhere you can see the crimson color of hammer and sickle flags, national flags, banana flags fluttering.
On May 18, 2021, the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee coordinated with the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee (China) and relevant localities and agencies of the two sides to organize an online Conference between Provincial Party Committee’s Secretaries of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Dien Bien (Vietnam) and the Secretary of Yunnan Provincial Party Committee (China)
In the context of Covid - 19 pandemic continued complicated developments, on February 25, 2021, the Lao Cai Border Guard Command (Vietnam) and the Hong Ha Border Management Sub-Group, Van Son Border Agency, Ha Khau Immigration Check Station, Yunnan Province (China) coordinated patrol on the border law enforcement, disease prevention.
In 2020, although influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic, the industrial production of Lao Cai still has many highlights. The group of sectors with a fast recovery with a decent growth rate (an increase of 12.5% compared to 2019), largely contributes to the province's economic growth.
