To be recognized as an advanced new rural district, each district must have at least one commune that meets the standards of a smart new rural area. Therefore, localities in Thanh Hoa province have selected and guided communes to implement the criteria for smart communes.

To date, the province has 3 communes that have met the criteria for Smart New Rural Development.

Van Son chose digital transformation as its outstanding criterion.

In 2022, after being recognized as a model new rural commune, the Party Committee, government, and people of Van Son commune, Trieu Son district, continued to implement solutions to apply information technology to the management, administration, and socio-economic development process, creating momentum for building a smart and sustainable new rural commune.

Accordingly, the commune has focused on promoting public awareness to gain people's consensus and support for the continued construction of a smart new rural commune; assigning tasks to mass organizations to implement the plan to gradually improve the e-government at the commune level, aiming for digital transformation, in order to support the management and operation of the local government, contribute to ensuring social welfare, apply science and technology, and mechanize production, develop high-tech agriculture , increase the value of agricultural products, and expand product and goods transactions on digital platforms. To date, Van Son has mobilized 1.1 billion VND to implement digital transformation. In the process of building a model new rural commune, Van Son has chosen digital transformation as a prominent criterion and selected Hamlet 8 to build a smart hamlet model.

Currently, 100% of households in the village use smartphones; over 90% have installed fiber optic internet and 3G/4G networks; all 206 households participate in village Zalo groups to interact and receive information from the village and commune quickly, accurately, and conveniently. A security camera system has been installed throughout the village, hamlets, and community centers. In addition, 87 security cameras have been installed in homes, contributing to ensuring security and order in the village. The village cultural center is equipped with a large-screen TV connected to high-speed Wi-Fi for online conferences, information retrieval, and learning about the economic development models of the villagers. In addition, the village also applies information technology to manage and regulate the on/off switching of public lighting systems and information and communication systems to the people, replacing the loudspeaker system and traditional written documents... Currently, over 72% of people of working age have the skills to use various types of online public services and essential digital services; 100% of houses in the village have address codes on the digital map platform... With these results, in 2023, Village 8 was recognized as a smart village.

To date, fiber optic broadband network infrastructure and 4G/5G mobile communication networks have covered 100% of households in Van Son commune; 100% of officials and civil servants have been granted accounts and regularly use official email accounts; leadership, management, and work processing are entirely conducted electronically. The entire commune administrative area is equipped with internet and Wi-Fi networks, enabling officials and civil servants to access information and process documents online; 100% of incoming and outgoing documents of the commune are processed online (except for confidential documents as regulated); 100% of administrative procedures at the Commune People's Committee are received, updated, managed, and processed through the electronic one-stop information system; 100% of main village roads, alleys, public places, crowded areas, and residential areas are equipped with security cameras and their images are connected to a centralized monitoring point at the commune police station.

Broadband fiber optic network infrastructure and 4G/5G mobile communication networks have reached 100% of households in Van Son commune; 100% of officials and civil servants have been granted accounts and regularly use official email accounts; leadership, management, and work processing are entirely conducted electronically. The entire commune administrative area is equipped with internet and Wi-Fi networks, enabling officials and civil servants to access information and process documents online; 100% of incoming and outgoing documents of the commune are processed online (except for confidential documents as regulated); 100% of administrative procedures at the Commune People's Committee are received, updated, managed, and processed through the electronic one-stop information system; 100% of main village roads, alleys, public places, crowded areas, and residential areas are equipped with security cameras and their images are connected to a centralized monitoring point at the commune police station.