(VOVWORLD) - Covering more than 3.2 million hectares of rice farmland, the Mekong Delta annually contributes more than half of Vietnam’s rice production and 90% of its rice exports. This contribution ensures Vietnam’s food security and asserts Vietnam's position in the world as a leading rice exporter. Local officials and farmers have restructured the agricultural sector, appllied technology into production, and built a brand for Vietnamese rice.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, women's associations in Dak Lak province have found creative ways to get ethnic minority women more involved in community activities. Locals have lived a better life thanks to these women who, in the traditional matriarchal system among ethnic groups there, are the heads of their families.

(VOVWORLD) - Located 40 km to the west of Hanoi, Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay town is one of must-visit tourist destinations of the capital city because of its unique historical, architectural, cultural values. In recent years, Duong Lam people have been working to preserve the village’s tourism environment, which is characterized by banyan trees, river wharves, communal house yards, and pagodas.

(VOVWORLD) - Located 9km from the center of Duong Quy commune in Lao Cai province, Tun Tren hamlet is home to 57 Dao ethnic households. Thanks to the attention of administrations at all levels, livestock development projects, and their own efforts, the Dao people have been improving their living conditions day by day.

(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.