Hanoi, Sept. 25 -- Digital transformation provides a challenge and opportunity for sustainable agricultural and rural development and narrowing gaps between rural and urban areas, experts have said.

With the rise of the digital economy, big data, artificial intelligence and other applications, digital transformation and smart agriculture in rural areas are inevitable trends.

"In the period of 2021-2025, rural areas must comprehensively and sustainably develop adapting to new circumstances," Nguyen Minh Tien, head of the Central Coordination Office for New-style Rural Area Building, said in a recent seminar on digital transformation in agriculture and rural development .

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had approved a national programme ...