(VOVWORLD) - Farmers in several Central Highlands provinces have replaced low-yield traditional industrial crops which have been seriously affected by climate change and unstable prices with lychee trees, which grow well in the impoverished soil of Ea Kar district, Dak Lak province, and other places.

(VOVWORLD) - Localities in Ha Tinh are disseminating information on citizens’ rights and duties to cast their ballots in the upcoming elections of deputies to the National Assembly and all-level People's Councils. Communications campaigns have helped Catholics in Ha Tinh understand the meaning of the election scheduled next Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Chieng Khuong is the first border commune in Song Ma district, Son La province, to become a new-style rural area and the first commune in the province to meet the upgraded criteria for new rural area. Since the program was launched here a decade ago, Chieng Khuong has changed visibly and locals’ living conditions have improved.

(VOVWORLD) - The remarkable growth of agricultural production in Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province, in recent years is a result of local authorities identifying the best-adapted plants and animals. Tran Yen has shifted production, increased local income, and become the first new-style rural district in the region.

(VOVWORLD) - Ly Son island district in Quang Ngai province is famous for its onion, garlic, and fresh seafood. Ly Son fried fish balls are particular favorites nationwide.

(VOVWORLD) - The Mekong Delta has harvested the winter-spring rice crop as farmers have overcome the impacts of saltwater intrusion and are exporting rice at a good price.

(VOVWORLD) - In the past few years, the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program has turned many local products from Mekong Delta provinces into products that are well known and respected in other markets. The region’s OCOP products have raised the living standard of local farmers and boosted the local economy.

(VOVWORLD) - The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has protected its winter-spring crops from saltwater intrusion and drought by taking preventive measures. Since the end of last year, much investment has been made in constructing works and increase the storage of fresh water. Authorities have advised farmers to grow rice as instructed by the agricultural sector to mitigate the impacts of saltwater intrusion and drought in this year’s dry season.

(VOVWORLD) - Ca Mau, Vietnam’s southernmost province and one of four key economic centers in the Mekong Delta, has a 54-kilometer coastline and two ecosystems of mangrove and cajeput forests recognized by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve. With favorable natural conditions for tourism development, many community-based ecotourism models have been launched and are thriving.

(VOVWORLD) - For generations, farmers in Ca Mau province have been using mangrove trees to make firewood. Mangrove wood is usually used to create household utensils and fine arts of high value.