(VOVworld) – Joining production, distribution, and consumption chains is a must for the development of new-style cooperatives. The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance is outlining new-style cooperative models linked with product value chains on a large and wide spread scale.

(VOVworld) – In recent years, Bac Ninh has increased safe and sanitary water supplies for rural people funded by the National Target Program for Rural Clean Water and Sanitation, World Bank loans, and social resources. As a result, 98% of the people in Bac Ninh’s rural areas now have access to clean water.

(VOVworld) – The Hau Giang Farmers Association has worked to help local farmers in restructuring crops, livestock, and expanding effective models that can adapt to climate change. By 2020, Hau Giang was set to have 70% of its farming households earning at least 4,500 USD per hectare a year.

(VOVworld) – Producing coffee sustainably has benefited many farm households in Cu M’gar district, Dak Lak province. More than 30 cooperatives and clubs following a sustainable coffee production model have been set up in the district, which has started to change old production habits, helping farmers access advanced technologies, cut input costs, boost product value and incomes, and contribute to local economic growth.

(VOVworld) – In the early 1970s, a cinnamon-growing model was launched in Van Yen district, Yen Bai province. Since then the tree has become a primary local product and improved local lives, especially among ethnic Dao households.

(VOVworld) - The Mekong Delta is Vietnam’s largest shrimp farming area, accounting for 94% of the total raising area and 81% of the shrimp production. Currently, the region’s aquaculture is facing difficulties due to the impact of climate change and saline intrusion.

(VOVworld) – Many farm households in Phuong Phu commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province, are thriving thanks to Xoan oranges. They have coordinated with each other to increase productivity and product quality and build a trademark for Phung Hiep’s Xoan oranges.

(VOVworld) – In recent years, the lives of farmers in the Mekong River Delta who depend on the rising-water season have been impacted by saline intrusion, depleted soil, and the exhaustion of aquatic resources and water. VOV reports on efforts by local farmers to step up agricultural restructuring to reduce the negative effects.

(VOVworld) – The Mekong River Delta’s livestock production did not seem to suffer much damage from the recent drought, unlike the cultivation and fishery sectors. To overcome the consequences of the drought and reduce the adverse impacts of climate change, many provinces in the Mekong River Delta have shifted to livestock production to earn a living.

(VOVworld) – Quang Ninh, a mountainous province with a scattered population, has successfully brought electricity to its remote areas and islands. This has helped Quang Ninh develop more sustainably.