(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.

(VOVworld) – Beekeeping for honey production has recently developed in the Mekong Delta Region, bringing in hundreds of millions of US dollars in export revenue every year. The honey-bee has been selected as a domestic animal good at adapting to the Mekong Delta environment.

(VOVworld) – Apart from rice and mangoes, Đồng Tháp’s longan has gradually solidified its brand and been accepted by foreign markets. Recent investment by a Korean group in a longan production facility for exports has opened new opportunities for local farmers. Now longan has become one of the province’s hard currency earners.

(VOVworld) - The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam has issued a certificate of geographic origin for Yen Chau mangoes in the three communes of Chieng Pan, Vieng Lan, and Sap Vat in Son La Province. This is the second type of mango in Vietnam to be licensed with a certificate of geographic origin. This news has reassured Son La farmers as they grow mango trees, increase their incomes, and build a new-style rural area.

(VOVworld) – Situated in Lao Bao Town, Quang Tri Province, Ka Tăng Resettlement Area is home to 51 households with 200 Vân Kiều people the minority nationality. This is considered a model resettlement hamlet in Quang Trị thanks to its improved infrastructure and the high degree of consensus among villagers on their relocation to new residential site.

(VOVworld) - Co To island district in Quang Ninh province has been recognized as a new-style rural area, becoming the first island district in Vietnam to complete the program to build new rural areas. After 5 years of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development, Co To has much improved.

(VOVworl) – In the last five years, the dual rice-shrimp farming systems has grown in many Mekong Delta provinces from tens of thousands of hectares in 2005 to 160,000 ha in 2011 and is likely to reach 200,000 ha by 2020. The model has proven effective and sustainable.

(VOVworld) – Over the past two years, Ninh Thuan has set up about 300 groups of farmers for joint cultivation, husbandry, and trading. The model has helped enhance the role of thousands of farmers and improve their lives.

(VOVworld) – In recent years, growing bananas has helped farmers in the border communes of Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province, improve their living conditions. Huoi Luong commune has taken the lead in turning bananas into a way out of poverty.

(VOVworl) – Sea ducks are the species that can be raised in salty water in such areas as Truong Sa or Phu Quoc. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has chosen sea duck farming for husbandry restructuring in the coastal areas in the Mekong Delta which has been hit by drought and salty water intrusion.