(VOVWORLD) - Son La province has a large area of fruit trees and a high output of agricultural products for export. Fruit tree development has been identified as one of the key programs to restructure the agricultural sector, boost agricultural production in line with high-tech application and promotion of value chains. The harvest season, Son La is implementing plans to help local farmers have bumper crops.

(VOVWORLD) - People in Chu Se district, Gia Lai province, started raising swiftlets after realizing that the local climate and environment are suitable for the birds. Salangane farming is now boosting the local economy.

(VOVWORLD) - Almost every family in the Dok Rong village in Glar commune, Gia Lai province, belongs to the Bahnar ethnic minority. Dok Rong has been an outstanding village in implementing the National Target Program on New-style Rural Building. Dok Rong villagers have embraced the local government’s efforts to change the locality and make Glar one of the new-style rural communes of Dak Doa district.

(VOVWORLD) - Located 40km north of Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province, Hong Chinh fishing village is widely known for its primitive beauty. On receiving more investment and becoming more connected with the famous white sand dunes in the province, Hong Chinh fishing village is expected to become a new popular destination in the Mui Ne national tourism site.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite its overpopulation and underdeveloped infrastructure, Binh Chanh, one of the suburban districts of Ho Chi Minh City, has over the past decade completed the national target program on creating new-style rural areas. This work has significantly changed the face of rural areas, transformed the economic structure with many effective models, and improved people’s living standards.

(VOVWORLD) - Gia Lai province has 18,000 hectares of pepper growing land, the largest area in the Central Highlands. Local farmers are currently in the main pepper harvest season. Sustainable planting methods have helped growers earn a profit.

(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.