Hoài Đức District in Hà Nội has continued to implement the dual goa" of building an advanced new rural area associated with completing the criteria for becoming an urban district.
Quỳ Châu District in the central province of Nghệ An has focused its resources on developing a community tourism model. This initiative is one of the three key breakthroughs for the local area.
Key challenges remain, including rigid waste management regulations and difficulties in the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme, where many products lack the competitive edge needed for market success.
The campaign to build new rural areas has been widespread and effective in recent years, helping villages in the suburbs of Hà Nội to be filled with new vitality, while becoming civilised and modern.
The Ministry of Construction (MOC) held a conference in Hà Nội on October 3 to announce the urban and rural system planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
Vietnam is scheduled to host the first UN Tourism Conference on Tourism for Rural Development, with the event scheduled to run from December 9 to December 11 in the central province of Quang Nam.
The collaboration between two 'giants' in the agricultural industry – Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) with abundant land resources and U & I Agriculture JSC (Unifarm), a company that pioneers in applying high-tech agriculture - has breathed new life into the banana industry.
Nguyễn Văn Chí, Deputy Director of the city’s Coordination Office of the New-Style Rural Development Programme, said that achieving comprehensive model new-style rural area status was not merely a label.
The armed forces of Military Zone 1 have recently effectively mobilised resources from the Ministry of National Defence, various units and the community to support the construction of new homes for impoverished and disadvantaged households in Bắc Giang province.
Across the province, 145 out of 182 communes have met the new-style rural standards, with 59 achieving advanced new-style rural status and 12 reaching exemplary new-style rural status.
The rural areas of the capital have increasingly transformed towards civilisation and modernity, with the material and mental lives of the people seeing steady improvements.
The plan stresses urban development as a growth driver and a key element of economic growth, while rural areas play a fundamental role in sustainable urban development.
Vietnam has recorded an estimated agro-forestry-fishery trade surplus of US$8.28 billion during the first half of 2024, surging 62.4 percent year on year, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
