[Rural and Fisheries News=Reporter Park Se-jun] This year, Gyeongbuk Chilgok Haksugodae Village and Gyeonggi Gapyeong Johang Village were selected as the best examples of rural vitality and received the Forest Service Director's Award. The Korea Forest Service and the Korea Forest Service Promotion Institute held the '2025 Rural Vitality Specialization Project Achievement Sharing Conference' in Wonju Pinokio Natural Resort Forest, Gangwon, on the 18th. The conference, a closing event for the Rural Vitality Specialization Project, which supports the establishment of self-sustaining business models by leveraging the unique characteristics of rural areas through collaboration between rural areas, private companies, and local governments, included achievement presentations, awards for excellent examples, rural experience activities, and theme presentations related to rural revitalization. The award ceremony selected Haksugodae as an excellent project village.