(VOVworld) – Ba Ria-Vung Tau province grows many delicious fruits, including dragon fruit, custard apple, grapefruit, and “xuong com vang” longan. The province’s application of the Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) model has exploited the local fruit growing advantages, to make the provincial economy more sustainable. VOV’s Thy Oanh reports……

(VOVworld) – After 3 years implementing a national program on new rural development, the living conditions of people in Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province, have improved significantly. This is attributed to the local authorities’ efforts to create and consolidate consensus among local people in the implementation of the program. VOV’s Phong Cuong reports…..

(VOVworld) – The Ho Chi Minh municipal authorities will develop high-tech agriculture in an effort to boost agricultural production despite shrinking farmland. VOV’s Bich Huyen reports…..

(VOVworld) – This summer, students of Phu Yen Pedagogic University joined farmers in the mountainous commune of Xuan Lanh, Dong Xuan district, Phu Yen province, as part of a national program of new rural development. VOV’s Lan Anh reports.

(VOVworld) – Hung Yen City is renowned for its longan which was considered a local delicacy offered to the Kings in the feudal time thanks to its thick flesh and delicate sweetness. In the past decade, this fruit has brought high and stable income sources to Nguyen Van Canh’s family as well as other farmers in Hung Yen City’s Kim Dang hamlet. VOV reports…..

(VOVworld) – Gia Lai province is taking the lead in implementing the national new rural development program in the Central Highlands. The province’s 5 communes, some of them categorized as very disadvantaged areas, have all achieved the program’s 19 criteria. This success is attributed to the province’s appropriate combination of old and new methods in new rural development.

(VOVworld) - Located along the Red River and about 10 km from Hanoi, Bat Trang village is home to 1200 households that are mainly involved in the village’s traditional craft of pottery. After 3 years implementing the national new rural development program, the commune has completed 15 of the program’s 19 criteria.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s national program on new rural development has gone one third of its way. The program’s steering committee reports that greater public awareness of the program’s importance is the number one achievement of the past 3 years. Rural households, even in remote mountainous areas, are now willing to donate some of their farm land to the rural development task of upgrading the local infrastructure.

(VOVworld) – Tan Trao, the former revolutionary base in Tuyen Quang province, comprises approximately 1000 households of 5 ethnic minorities: Tay, Nung, Dao, Cao Lan, and Kinh, who are all embracing the national new rural development program thanks to efforts of local authorities to raise public awareness of the program’s importance. VOV’s Phuong Thoa reports…..

(VOVworld) – In the past 3 years, Dak Lak province’s Cu M’ga district has succeeded in restructuring its crops and applying advanced agricultural technoly to sustainably improve local productivity. This has been part of efforts to achieve the goals of a national rural development program, which are to increase agricultural production and rural incomes. VOV’s To Tuan reports…..