Before the land where is now the North Vietnam gained autonomy (ki-mi), the entire area surrounding the Đáy River was called as Hiển Khánh District.

However, some areas adjacent to Nam Định City have been cut to Mỹ Lộc District to build national highways and railways.

The most famous specialty from Vụ Bản District is Siuchau candy (kẹo Sìu-châu), in there, Siu-chau means Seochew.

In the years of crop failure, Vụ Bản residents have processed small lizard meat, a very popular animal in family gardens.

Because there is no high mountain and not divided by many rivers, Vụ Bản has the most rich wet rice industry in the North Vietnam.

Besides traditional wooden furniture manufacturing villages, Vụ Bản also has a very exciting waste treatment and recycling industry since the late 1980s.

But in the roadmap from 2018 to 2038, the People's Committee of Nam Định Province co-operated with Japanese experts to prepare for the transition to the green industry to save the environment.