Muong Thai commune comprises six hamlets, home to 988 households with 4,568 people. Beginning with a low starting point in its journey towards the new-style rural area status, the commune faced numerous challenges. By 2021, it had achieved only 10 out of 19 criteria. With support from the State, the communal Party Committee and authorities implemented comprehensive solutions, with a focus on the communications work to raise public consensus in the work.

In 2024, the locality mobilised over 27.7 billion VND (1.08 million USD) for the programme. Of this, local residents contributed over 680 million VND. Investments were made to construct and renovate four hamlet cultural houses, costing more than 2.8 billion VND. The district People's Council allocated over 273 million VND for rural road construction. To date, the commune has paved over 3.2 km of inter-hamlet roads and is currently working on roads running to three highland hamlets, expected to be completed by 2025.

 A representative from the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development presents the certificate recognising Muong Thai commune as a new-style rural area to local leaders.

In economic development, the commune has maintained and expanded 270 hectares of various fruit trees, with 165 hectares currently in production and yielding an annual output of over 1,300 tonnes. It has also focused on livestock and poultry farming, as well as aquaculture on Soi Chieu reservoir, where 68 fish cages produce approximately 40 tonnes of fish annually. The commune's poverty rate is currently over 11%, while the average annual income per capita exceeds 42 million VND.

To date, Muong Thai has fulfilled all the 19 criteria for a new-style rural area. All of its six hamlets have standard cultural houses, and four have paved roads running to the commune centre. Additionally, 100% of schools and healthcare stations have been solidly constructed, 98% of households have access to the national power grid, and 99% to clean and hygienic water.

In Van Phuc Yen hamlet, efforts to build a new-style rural area and a model one in production organisation include the establishment of an organic citrus farming model spanning over 100 hectares, which generates an average annual income of 400–500 million VND per household.

In addition, with over 2 billion VND in state funding and more than 500 million VND and 1,000 workdays contributed by local residents, the hamlet has constructed a new cultural house, and paved five alleys and three roads to production areas, and installed a lighting system along internal roads.

Currently, the hamlet has met all the 16 criteria and 44 targets for a new-style rural area and a model new-style rural area in terms of production organisation.

Collectives and individuals receive certificates of merit from provincial People’s Committee.   Collectives and individuals receive certificates of merit from the district People’s Committee.