Pham Van Hat is best known as the creator of the made-in-Vietnam “Seed Sowing Robot,” now exported to 15 countries, alongside dozens of practical inventions that have eased labour for thousands of farmers.

Early-season lychee production in Bac Ninh has been hit hard this year, with output dropping by more than half and pest outbreaks creating an unprecedented gap between premium and lower-grade fruit.

In Sa Pa, fields of blooming Actiso are doing more than coloring the mountains purple - they are helping Mong families build new homes and send children abroad to study.

In 2013, with outstanding academic achievements, Cao Thi Lien from Hai Phong graduated as valedictorian of Hanoi Architectural University.

Behind Ninh Binh’s famous mountain goat dishes is a decades-long journey of farmers, chefs and entrepreneurs transforming a local specialty into a national brand.

What began as curiosity during a tea delivery journey evolved into a bold transformation that uplifted a remote Hmong village.

After holding stable jobs in state agencies and foreign enterprises, Tran Thanh Ngoc decided to pivot to agriculture, creating a breeding chicken model that has reached revenue of nearly VND9 billion a year.

After pouring VND3 billion (US$123,000) into a failed agricultural venture, Cao Van Hung, born in 1993 in Quang Ninh, chose not to walk away. Instead, he began again - this time with a humble plant growing quietly in his greenhouse.

Nestled among the lush hills of Giao An commune in Thanh Hoa, the garden of Ha Van Dung stands out not only for its tall, straight rows of areca trees, but for what they carry.

Leaving behind a stable business job, a young man has built a profitable venture with a high-density mud-free eel farming model, generating more than VND6.6 billion in annual revenue and winning the 2025 Luong Dinh Cua Award.

By mastering breeding techniques, he transformed a small farm into a billion-VND enterprise.

Once reliant on cassava and upland rice, a farmer in Mang Den has rewritten his life story - turning hardship into prosperity through bold change and a keen understanding of his land’s hidden potential.

Purple ba kich brings new hope to struggling rural land.

In Phuc Trach commune in Ha Tinh province, the craft of carving into tree trunks to find agarwood is often described by locals as “searching for gold.” Thanks to this work, local farmers generate hundreds of billions of VND in revenue each year.

In Can Tho, pineapple leaves once discarded after harvest are now being turned into durable fiber for textiles, creating new income for farmers and reducing agricultural waste.

Having failed many times in production and business, Le Duc Toan (Son Hong commune, Ha Tinh) boldly started over, building an integrated farm model that has brought billions of VND in revenue each year.

Farmers in Ha Tinh’s Huong Son area are enjoying a strong deer velvet harvest this year, earning more than VND200 billion (US$8.2 million) thanks to stable prices and rising demand.

As talks collapse between traders and growers, hundreds of tonnes of watermelon lie abandoned, exposing the fragility of informal farm contracts.

Once used only for ploughing and hauling, white horses have become a lucrative livelihood for a Tay farmer who now sells four-month-old foals for VND30 million each.