nông thôn mới

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • NTM (initialism)

Etymology

From nông thôn (the countryside; the country; rural areas) +‎ mới (new).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰon˧˧ məːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰoŋ˧˧ məːj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰoŋ˧˧ məːj˦˥]

Noun

nông thôn mới

  1. (Vietnam, agriculture) new-style rural area (rural area with gradually modern socio-economic infrastructure)

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