(VOVworld) – New asphalted roads, cemented lanes, schools, and healthcare centers have breathed new lives into 25 communes in Tay Ninh province that have been selected for implementing a national rural development program. As well as upgraded infrastructure, the local people there are enjoying much better living standards thanks to the joint efforts of the local authorities and people in making use of every possible resource for local community development. VOV’s Thanh Trung reports..

(VOVworld) – Don Duong district is the largest organic vegetable growing area of Lam Dong province. As part of efforts to implement a national program on new rural development, the local authorities have applied new modern technologies in agricultural production to improve their products’ quality, thus contributing to the local socio-economic development.

(VOVworld) – Thuy Ninh is one of 16 communes of Thai Binh province’s Thai Thuy district that are completing their final criteria of the national program of new rural development this year. With the local infrastructure basically completed, Thuy Ninh communal authorities are now focusing on improving production and local people’s living conditions.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s new rural development program aims to develop the rural economy, improve people’s living conditions, modernize socio-economic infrastructure in the countryside, and uphold the national cultural identity.

(VOVworld) – Culture is one of the many key elements of the national program on new rural development as the program’s ultimate goal is to improve people’s physical and spiritual living conditions. Achieving the national targets of new rural development while preserving the beautiful traditional village culture will require much effort from local authorities nationwide.

(VOVworld) – Culture is both the target and driving force in Vietnam’s new rural development. Villagers look for a proper model to develop a new rural area with a growing economy and satisfying culture. The story of the people of Me So commune, Hung Yen province bordering Hanoi is a good model for building a cultural lifestyle.

(VOVworld) – Instead of passively suffering adverse fluctuations in rice prices, farmers in the Mekong Delta Region now have chance to buy shares in companies, seeing this a new way for them to take an active role in economic development.

(VOVworld) – 3 years implementing the national program on new rural development has given Nam Dinh province an upgraded infrastructure including newly roads, irrigation system, and public centers. VOV’s Kim Thanh reports…..

(VOVworld) – Thanh Hoa province has had 12 communes that achieved all the criteria set in the national program on new rural development. The local authorities aim to have another 27 such communes by the end of this year, noting that the program’s success is attributed to the local people’s contribution and solidarity in new rural development. VOV’s Huu Tien reports on a role model in new rural development in Thanh Hoa province’s Nhu Thanh district:

(VOVworld) – Despite the fact of not being a target commune in the national program on new rural development, Thuy Van commune in Thai Binh province has become a role model in the campaign, thanks to the consensus reached among the local authorities and people. The local administration’s effort in mobilizing the local people’s trust and contributions to the program has made Thuy Van commune’s new rural development a success.