1、Stocktaking Report on Overview of Digital Rural Communities in Viet Nam and APEC Economies APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security February 2026 Stocktaking Report on Overview of Digital Rural Communities in Viet Nam and APEC Economies APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security February 2026 APEC Pro

2、ject:PPFS 201 2023A Produced by Nguyen Anh Phong For Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat 35 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119616 Tel:(65)68919 600 Fax:(65)68919 690 Email:infoapec.org Website:www.apec.org 2026 APEC Secretariat APEC#226-PP-01.1 1 Table of contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.2 I.INT

3、RODUCTION.3 2.1.Digitalization in agriculture and rural development.5 2.2.Emerging trends of digitalization.6 2.3.Definition and key characteristics of Digital Rural Communities(DRC).9 III.RELEVANCE OF DIGITAL RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ADDRESSING KEY CHALLENGES OF APEC ECONOMIES.13 3.1.Overview of APEC e

4、conomies.13 3.2.Challenges of APEC economies and necessity for developing digital rural communities.14 3.3.Potential impacts of digital rural communities to rural area development in APEC economies.23 IV.CURRENT STATUS OF DIGITAL RURAL COMMUNITIES IN VIET NAM AND OTHER APEC ECONOMIES.27 1.General si

5、tuation in APEC economies.27 2.Current status of digital rural communities in Viet Nam.32 3.Current status of digital rural communities in some other APEC members.34 3.1.China.34 3.2.Indonesia.35 3.3.Japan.36 3.4.Republic of Korea.37 3.5.Thailand.38 V.Good practice models of DRC in Viet Nam and APEC

6、 economies.39 5.1.Viet Nam:Yen Hoa Commune.39 5.2.China:The Taobao Villages Ecosystem.40 5.3.Indonesia:Alamendah Village.42 5.4.Japan:Ina City,Nagano.43 5.5.Republic of Korea:Sangju Smart Farm Innovation Valley.45 5.6.Thailand:Village 9,Ban Yai district.46 VI.Key takeaways,challenges and successful