(VOVWORLD) - Using renewable energy and conserving energy have become a growing trend in craft villages because of the obvious benefits. But they need more support from state agencies in the form of preferential loans to upgrade machines and equipment.
(VOVWORLD) - Five years ago, Khanh Lam commune was the poorest in Ca Mau province with a poverty rate of 34%. But now local villagers are better-off thanks to more effective economic models. The disadvantaged commune will soon be recognized as a new-style rural area.
(VOVWORLD) - Mountain districts in Quang Nam province have widely implemented the One Commune-One Product (OCOP) program. This is considered a good way to increase people’s incomes and create a certified brand of high-quality products.
(VOVWORLD) - Ha Tinh, a disadvantaged province in the central region, has performed impressively in new-style rural development. Its creativity has completely transformed its rural areas.
(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi’s traditional craft villages have changed their production focus and are gradually reviving business now that the COVID-19 pandemic is under control.
(VOVWORLD) - Located 12km northwest from Thanh Hoa City, Tra Dong bronze casting village, formerly called Ke Che, has been considered the cradle of Dong Son culture from 1000 BC until the first century AD. During the last 20 years, the products from the village have been unable to compete with the same types of industrial produced items. But the passion and determination of the remaining village artisans have revived the traditional bronze casting. Its products have kept time-honored characteristics. The Tra Dong bronze casting craft has been recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.
(VOVWORLD) - In response to changing climate and markets, farmers in Dak Lak province have begun intercropping various types of plants in their coffee orchards. The tactic has boosted their income, provided windbreaks, and reduced the vulnerability of their coffee trees to drought and other weather extremes.
(VOVWORLD) - Almost every village in Vietnam has at least one well, an indispensable part of the classic Vietnamese rural tradition of banyan tree, well, and communal house yard. A village well doesn’t just provide water for the villagers’ daily use. It has a spiritual significance in the village’s culture. In this week’s Village Life, photographer Le Bich, who has visited 200 villages and photographed 300 wells will talk to us about communal wells.
(VOVWORLD) - The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on Hanoi’s agriculture sector. To support farmers, businesses and cooperatives in the capital city have expanded distribution channels.
(VOVWORLD) - The women of Knia hamlet in Dak Lak province are devoted to preserving traditional brocade weaving so that the craft doesn’t die out. They’ve been using social networks to promote and sell their products as an additional way to earn money.
