Economic development is one of the key contents in the program on new rural development in Vietnam. Of the national criteria for new rural development, economic development is an important component, which 9 out of 19 criteria are related directly to. This article talks about some economic issues in new rural development in Vietnam, focusing on 3 major aspects involved directly with farmers' economic activities, which the author considers pressing at present. Those issues will cause a lot of impacts on new rural development in the coming time. They consist of: land-use and accumulation of farmland
consumption of agricultural products and linkage with farmers.