(VOVWORLD) - Ha Thai lacquer village in Duyen Thai commune in Hanoi’s outlying Thuong Tin district has more than 200 years of experience in making lacquer products. Until the early 20thcentury the village was called Cu Trang or Dong Thai.

(VOVWORLD) - Dong Nai Thuong is the most remote commune in Cat Tien district, Lam Dong province. In the past, the narrow, slippery paths made getting around extremely difficult. The government used to send food aid between crops. Thanks to Vietnam’s new-style rural development program, life in Dong Nai Thuong has improved.

(VOVWORLD) - Khanh Binh Tay Bac Commune in Ca Mau province is called "Xom Hue" due to its learning tradition. Many local families are migrants from Hue city and other parts of the central region which is famous in Vietnam for its fondness-for-learning spirit. They are hard-working, follow tradition, and heavily invest in their children's education.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s traditional craft villages turn out unique products which promotes the image of Vietnam and its people to the world.

(VOVWORLD) - Mountain districts in northwest Quang Nam province have a great potential for economic development but still have a high poverty rate. The three districts of Tay Giang, Dong Giang, and Nam Giang have made a joint effort for economic development and sustainable poverty reduction.

(VOVWORLD) - The mosques with their ancient and impressive architecture are where Cham men practice five religious services a day. Cham women are busy at the loom every day. Festivals are rich in spiritual and cultural expressions of the life of the locals. All these have contributed to the special characteristics of Cham ethnic villages at the riverhead of the Mekong Delta.

(VOVWORLD) - Located about 50km east of Hanoi, Lo Cuong village, famous for dried rice noodles, is one of the age-old craft villages in Hai Duong city. In recent years, the village has changed dramatically amid rapid urbanization.

(VOVWORLD) - In Ca Mau, cattails used to be considered a grass-like weed which cluttered land needed for growing rice. But now cattails, also known as bulrushes, have become a profitable specialty of Ca Mau province. Switching from rice to cattails has helped farmers in U Minh district escape poverty. The model is being expanded to give people in the U Minh Ha forest buffer zone a better life.

(VOVWORLD) - Khuoi Ky rock village in Trung Khanh district, Cao Bang province has enchanted many visitors with its architecture of stilt houses built from rocks and the local Tay ethnic people’s culture and lifestyle. The village has changed gradually thanks to homestay services.

(VOVWORLD) - Viet Dan commune in Dong Trieu township, Quang Ninh province, is the first commune in Vietnam to be recognized as new-style rural model.