Since 2011, Hau Loc district has focused on propaganda so that cadres and people understand the content, meaning and implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction according to the motto "people do, people enjoy", "use people's strength to care for people".

With the goal of improving people's lives and incomes, the district promotes economic development, focusing on restructuring agriculture, suitable for each region and adapting to climate change; forming large-scale concentrated specialized production areas, applying science and technology to cultivation; developing small-scale handicrafts, trade services associated with solving on-site jobs for workers.

Thanks to that, in 2023, the average income per capita of Hau Loc district reached 59.33 million VND; the poverty rate was 2.04%.

Total mobilized capital for basic construction investment in the area in the period of 2011-2023 reached more than 13,000 billion VND.

Up to now, Hau Loc has 21/21 communes meeting new rural standards, including 3 advanced new rural communes; the district has met 9/9 new rural criteria.