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Unique images of Central Highlands showcased

 VietNamNet Bridge – Images of ethnic people with indigenous tattoos and bare chests depicting life in the Central Highlands, are among rare pictures displayed at an exhibition that opened on July 10 in Ha Noi.

Discovering Dak Nong

 Those who visit Dak Nong in the Central Highlands will never forget the wild, imposing, high mountains with thick forests, waterfalls and natural lakes.

Highlands’ residents worry about water discharge from hydropower plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in the Central Highlands area are afraid that hydropower plants may discharge water in the rainy season, thus threatening their normal lives.

Vietnam among top five nations with highest abortion rate

A  July 8 meeting in HCM City marking World Population Day announced that on a per capita basis, Vietnam has one of the five highest abortion rates in the world.

Central Highlands loses forestland to cassava fields

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deforestation in the Central Highlands has reached at an alarming level in the Chumomray National Park and Ngoc Linh Natural Sanctuary where farmers have cut down trees to plant cassava, analysts have said.

Charcoal demand expanding, forest area receding

 VietNamNet Bridge – The people of Ea Bar Commune in the Buon Don District of the central province of Dak Lak are very busy these days: they chop down trees and collect the lumber to make charcoal for sale.

Bauxite plants in the Central Highlands may be equitized

 VietNamNet Bridge - The bauxite factories of Tan Rai and Nhan Co can be equitized in 5-7 years, says a senior official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Social News Headlines 10/4

 Vietnam police arrest 11 in cybercrime raid; Russia, Vietnam to explore space for peaceful purposes; Out-of-season rains help Central Highlands; Deputy PM affirms determination to combat smuggling

Tay Nguyen beauty in full bloom

 With its vast coffee orchards, ruou can (fermented rice wine drunk out of a jar using pipes), and gong culture, the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) is an attractive tourism destination, especially at this time when the coffee trees are in full bloom.

Who has eliminated 130,000 hectares of forests in Central Highlands?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands, the largest forest area in Vietnam with 2.84 million hectares of forests, has never seen such a serious deforestation before. Over 130,000 hectares have been cleared just in the last five years.

Elephant race to mark National Tourism Year

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen elephants and mahouts will participate in a race in Krong Na Commune in Buon Don District in the Central Highlands Province of Dac Lac on March 12 and 13

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/2

 Rice exports slump to record low in January; VND30 trillion for Danang-Quang Ngai Expressway; E-commerce trading fails to take off in local farming sector; Vietnam needs to restructure tra fish sector

Preserving Central Highland cultures and identities

Socio-economic development and improving the lives of ethnic minorities has not distracted from the need to preserve and promote the cultural values of Central Highland ethnicitties.

Tourists flock to verdant Tay Nguyen region

  Visit the Central Highlands as provinces there celebrate their NationalTourism Year, and you'll find a peaceful landscape of rolling mountains and magnificent waterfalls.

Political Headlines January 6

Revised Land Law features important new contents; Viet Nam, Cambodia join hands to fight crime; President affirms close Vietnam-Cambodia ties; Cambodia remembers Vietnam’s help with gratitude

Dambri Waterfall in the middle of the jungle

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 18 km from Bao Loc city, Lam Dong province, the large waterfall of the Central Highlands of Vietnam called "Waiting" roars throughout the day and night.

The dead rivers

In rainy season, the water rises and inundates houses, sweeping crops away. In dry season, the drought chaps the fields. This is what happens with the people in the lower course of the rivers in Central Highlands, where hydropower plants are located.

If you like coffee, let’s go to Buon Ma Thuot

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province has coffee, but enjoying coffee here, you will feel the characteristic taste of the majestic Central Highlands.

Ethnic funerary sculpture exhibition in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – A display of wooden funerary sculptures made by local people from the Central Highlands was opened during the on-going Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week.

Specialized board for coffee planting to be set up

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will establish a board in charge of replanting coffee trees to help Central Highlands provinces have high-quality coffee and increase the survival rate of replanted trees.