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HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT

HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SON LA PROVINCIAL INSPECTORATE THROUGH DIFFERENT PERIODS

I. HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT

The Son La Provincial Inspectorate was established in 1963, immediately after the division of the Northwest Region.
In its early days, the Provincial Inspection Committee consisted of 05 officers reinforced from the Regional Inspection Committee, and later additional officers were assigned from Nghe An Province, Hai Phong City, and the Northwest Military Region. By the end of 1964, the Provincial Inspection Committee had 09 officers, including 04 with upper-secondary education, and the remaining with primary and lower-secondary education. During this period, inspection committees began to be established at district and town levels, as well as within several provincial departments and agencies.

In April 1965, while Son La Province was strengthening its inspection organizations and inspection officers were actively performing their assigned tasks, the Government issued a decision to dissolve the Inspection Committees at all levels to focus resources on the resistance war against the United States. Inspection duties were assigned directly to the heads of agencies at all levels, leaving only one inspection officer at each provincial and district People’s Committee Office to assist leaders in monitoring and urging the settlement of complaints and denunciations.

By August 1969, facing new national tasks and growing needs in inspection and complaints handling, the Government Inspection Committee was re-established at the central level on 11 August 1969 under Resolution No. 780/NQ-TVQH of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
In Son La Province, after a period of preparation, the inspection sector was re-established on 18 November 1970 under the name Provincial Inspection Committee, which also prepared for the establishment of inspection and complaints-handling committees at district and town levels. In July 1977, these units were renamed Inspection Committees of Districts and Towns, and during the same period, 20 inspection committees within departments and agencies were also strengthened.

In February 1984, following Resolution No. 26/HĐBT of the Council of Ministers, the Provincial Inspection Committee was renamed Provincial State Inspection Committee, and the district and town committees were renamed District/Town State Inspection Committees.

In April 1990, with the promulgation of the Inspection Ordinance—at that time the highest legal document on inspection in Vietnam—the legal foundation and role of inspection activities in the national renewal process were firmly established. The inspection system from provincial to district levels and within departments and agencies was renamed Provincial Inspectorate, District Inspectorate, and Department Inspectorates.

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II. LEADERS THROUGH DIFFERENT PERIODS

1. Period from 1963 to 1994

Heads of the Sector (07 persons):

• Comrade Lò Văn Sôn – Vice Chairman cum Head of Provincial Inspection Committee (1963).

• Comrade Bùi Khâm – Head of Provincial Inspection Committee (1964–1965), and Vice Chairman of the Provincial Administrative Committee cum Head of Provincial Inspection Committee (1971–1975).

• Comrade Cầm Tâm – Head of Provincial Inspection Committee (1976 – March 1980).

• Comrade Cầm Kim Cương – Head of Provincial Inspection Committee (April 1980 – March 1983).

• Comrade Điêu Chính Khang – Head of Provincial Inspection Committee (April 1983 – June 1985).

• Comrade Nguyễn Lợi – Head of Provincial State Inspection Committee (June 1985 – November 1986).

• Comrade Lò Hương – Head of Provincial State Inspection Committee, later Chief Inspector of the Province (November 1986 – February 1994).

Deputy Heads (06 persons):

• Comrade Hoàng Đình Nguyên – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Đỗ Thuyết – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Trần Xương – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Tống Trần Cừ – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Lò Văn Quỳnh – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Nguyễn Ngọc Tụng – Deputy Chief Inspector.

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2. Period from 1994 to Present

Heads of the Sector:

• Comrade Đinh Đức Chù – Chief Inspector (1994–2001; retired).

• Comrade Đinh Đức Ba – Chief Inspector (2001–2008; retired).

• Comrade Nguyễn Trung Cung – Chief Inspector (2008 – July 2018; retired).

• Comrade Bùi Minh Tân – Chief Inspector (August 2018 – 31 October 2020).

• Comrade Lương Thị Như Hoa – Chief Inspector (from 01 November 2020).

• Comrade Nguyễn Minh Hòa – Chief Inspector (from 15 August 2022).

• Comrade Hà Như Huê – Deputy Chief Inspector, in charge of Provincial Inspectorate (01 April 2025 – 30 June 2025).

• Comrade Tòng Thế Anh – Chief Inspector (from 01 July 2025).

• Comrade Nguyễn Văn Bắc – Chief Inspector (from 11 November 2025).

Deputy Heads:

• Comrade Lò Văn Quỳnh – Deputy Chief Inspector (retired).

• Comrade Hoàng Văn Mạnh – Deputy Chief Inspector (retired).

• Comrade Tòng Văn Bình – Deputy Chief Inspector (retired).

• Comrade Lê Văn Tịch – Deputy Chief Inspector (retired).

• Comrade Trần Đức Thuận – Deputy Chief Inspector (transferred on 25 September 2021).

• Comrade Bùi Hồng Hải – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Lê Huy Long – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Cao Xuân Hải – Deputy Chief Inspector.

• Comrade Lê Thị Thu Hằng – Deputy Chief Inspector.