(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, farmers in Tien Giang province have changed from growing rice to growing lemon grass, also known as the anti-mosquito plant. As a result many farmers on Tan Phu Dong Island, whose soil is suitable for this type of plant, have escaped poverty.

(VOVWORLD) - Nobody in Son La province remembers exactly when Ngoc Chien mountain commune’s bamboo and rattan weaving craft took shape. All they know is the techniques have been handed down from generation to generation. Ngoc Chien’s n bamboo and rattan products have become popular with tourists.

(VOVWORLD) - More and more household economic models and cooperatives in Bac Kan province are led by ethnic women, who are using new technologies to introduce their farm produce to consumers nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - Weaving baskets from water hyacinth, an aquatic plant common in Vietnam's rural areas, is popular among the people of Nga Nam town in Soc Trang province. The craft produces extra income for farmers between harvests without polluting the environment.

(VOVWORLD) - The Cham ethnic minority in Ninh Thuan province have become familiar with community-based tourism. Visitors are invited to stay in a traditional Cham house and participate in the daily activities of a Cham family.

(VOVWORLD) - Playgrounds with colorful excercise equipment have become a familiar sight in the school yards of many of Dak Lak’s remote hamlets. The children are more excited about going to school because of the new playgrounds, which improve their physical fitness and stimulate their creativity while they’re having fun.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi leads Vietnam’s localities in new-style rural building with a focus on advanced village models.

(VOVWORLD) - An Hien in Hoang Dieu commune in Hanoi’s outlying Chuong My district is a small hamlet located on the Day River, 15 kilometers from the center of Hanoi. The villagers are determined to make the hamlet a center of social activities.

(VOVWORLD) - Green mussel farming has recently become a low-cost and stable source of profits for Kien Giang farmers, who are busy harvesting green mussels right now.

(VOVWORLD) - An Hien is one of seven hamlets leading new-style rural building in Hoang Dieu commune in Hanoi’s outlying Chuong My district. An Hien is trying to meet the enhanced criteria for new-style rural villages.