With a passion for agriculture, one man is pioneering a cleaner, more efficient way to raise eels that is inspiring farmers in his region.

The man once mocked for planting wild roots is now called the “king of ba kich” by villagers.

At a 2025 national dialogue with farmers, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for innovation, digital transformation, and smarter agricultural management.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held his 2025 dialogue with farmers in Hanoi on December 10, aiming to speed up science – technology application, innovation, and digital transformation in agricultural production.

Truong Ngoc An, 43, is the eldest of three siblings from Vinh Chau ward, Can Tho City (formerly part of Soc Trang province). His family has long been known for its traditional roasted duck dish, famous for its signature four-spice flavor.

After losing his orchard to a storm, a Vietnamese farmer rebuilds and thrives with premium durian.

Following historic floods, over 20 million lobsters in Song Cau ward, Dak Lak province, have died from freshwater exposure, dealing a devastating blow to local aquaculture communities just weeks before Tet.

Once barren, Tho Binh now grows over 400 hectares of tea, earning farmers hundreds of millions of dong annually.

Starting with just 0.2 tael of gold gifted by his parents at the time of his wedding, a farmer in Vinh Long has built a thriving agricultural enterprise through sheer grit and devotion to the land.

As the rice harvest season comes to an end, farmers in Ninh Binh are no longer burning their leftover straw. Instead, they are using baling machines to collect and sell the once-discarded byproduct, turning it into a valuable source of income.

Taking advantage of the rich vegetation of the semi-mountainous border region of An Giang province, Nguyen Trung Thanh (born in 1990, residing in Thoi Son ward) has successfully developed a stingless bee farming model.

From waiting for middlemen to mastering livestreams, remote farming communities in northern Vietnam are embracing e-commerce to sell their traditional products nationwide.

After mastering egg incubation, Le Vu Phuong built a thriving duck farm supplying thousands of ducklings and commercial birds monthly.

Leaving behind a stable job in the medical field, a woman from Can Tho returned home to launch a clean vegetable business. Starting from a small model, she boldly invested $41,000 to build a 2,000m² high-tech vegetable farm.

Can Tho woman’s melon farm supplies 150 tons annually and pioneers high-tech farming and agritourism.

Despite multiple failures, a 33-year-old in Can Tho created a two-tier hive model and now sells premium honey across Vietnam.

After nearly five years in education, Chau Thi Nuong launched a closed-loop mushroom farm that now generates annual profits in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A seasoned farmer from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has successfully cultivated a rare, high-quality durian variety that sells for up to $29 per kilogram.

Switching from shrimp to seabass farming, Vo Dien Trung Dung in the Mekong Delta annually supplies thousands of tons of fish for export from his 40ha farm, worth hundreds of billion of VND.