(VOVWORLD) - The traditional craft of Zeng (brocade) weaving has long been the pride of the Ta Oi ethnic group in A Luoi district, Thua Thien–Hue province. The craft has been preserved through many generations and widely introduced in other parts of Vietnam and abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, craft villages in Ho Chi Minh City have introduced their products on online trading platforms. This has helped the villages trade efficiently and assert their brand value.

(VOVWORLD) - Farmers in Truong Thanh commune, Can Tho city, have used advanced technology to increase productivity of crops and the quality of their produce.

(VOVWORLD) - Approved in May 2018, the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) program aims to develop the rural economy as a way to realize the national target of building new style rural areas. Hanoi has spent more than 11 million USD on the program last year and this year.

(VOVWORLD) - On the 8th day of the first lunar month each year, Thi Cam village in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem district holds a rice cooking contest. This custom, a unique way to pray for a prosperous, happy, and peaceful new year, has been followed in Thi Cam viilage for centuries.

(VOVWORLD) - Spring festivals are often organized in Vietnamese rural areas to pray for fresh spring days at the beginning of the Lunar New Year. Tree planting is one of them aimed to protect the ecological environment. The annual ploughing festival is another example to wish for a year of bumper harvests. The festivals have become beautiful cultural traits of the Vietnamese nation and are well received by the public.

(VOVWORLD) - These days, villages in Nhon An commune, Binh Dinh province, the home of apricot blossoms in the central region, are busy. With favorable weather, farmers are looking forward to a bountiful season and expect to earn about 3.7 million USD.

(VOVWORLD) - Located about 20km from Nam Dinh city, Tong Xa bronze casting village in Yen Xa commune, Nam Dinh province, is a center of the traditional bronze casting craft. For nearly 900 years, bronze casting has been preserved and developed by the village.

(VOVWORLD) - After nearly a decade of implementing the National Target Program on building new-style rural areas, the lives of rural people nationwide are measurably better. This is encouraging them to continue to support government efforts to make their villages more prosperous, civilized, and livable.

(VOVWORLD) - Xe Dang used to be one of the poorest hamlets in Ea Kueh commune, Cu M’gar district, Dak Lak province. Now the life here has changed greatly thanks to the hamlet being connected to the national power grid.