In Vietnam the social-economic development of the nation and the households in villages has derived from the local wisdom and indigenous knowledge for years. Nowadays the country on the way of industrialization for improving the life of people, the exploitation and encouragement of people’s wisdom and innovation for practicing become much more necessary. In recent years the new rural development program has been set and promoted by the Vietnamese government, more contributions of the people to its targets needs to be effectively mobilized and implemented. With the successful results at the first step of the program on improved income, infrastructure, education, healthcare, etc. have given us some good lessons to learn. In this paper the typical examples on the important roles of local wisdom to improve the life in villages of Vietnam are also presented.