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Dak Lak Museum of Ethnology

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dak Lak Museum of Ethnology is a place that should not be missed if you visit the Central Highlands.

Japanese encephalitis kills five children in Dak Lak

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed the lives of five children so far this year in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak, the provincial General Hospital said.

Tour of villages in Dak Lak

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to Dak Lak Province in the central highlands have an opportunity to ride an elephants and learn how local people hunt and tame elephants.

Money disbursed, but elephant protection project at a standstill

VietNamNet Bridge - The project on protecting and conserving Dak Lak elephants kicked off in 2010, but more and more elephants have died since then.

Vietnam considers joining big exporters to stop coffee price slide

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said it is considering cooperating with the world’s coffee metropolises to halt the drop in coffee prices, because “inner strength” alone will not help.

Illegal forest activities increase in Dak Lak

 VietNamNet Bridge – There's been a continuous increase of illegal forest exploitation, transportation, logging and forest land encroachment in Dak Lak Province, Vo Minh Son, an official of the People's Committee, said.

Elephant-minders at Yok Don National Park work to preserve remaining herd

VietNamNet Bridge - Workers at the Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Center in Yok Don National Park describe themselves as ‘elephant-minders’.

Male elephant dies of overwork in Dak Lak

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 40-year-old male elephant, which carried tourists on sightseeing trips for years in the Central Highland Dak Lak Province's Ban Don tourism area, died of overwork on Sunday, March 9.

First wind power farm in Central Highlands kicked off

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of the first wind power farm in Viet Nam's Central Highlands was kicked off in Dlie-Yang Commune in Dak Lak Province's Ea H'leo District on Friday.

Dak Lak works hard for wild elephant preservation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highland province of Dak Lak is making every effort to conserve wild elephants in the locality as the number of the animals is dropping over recent years.

Queen of Nuts crowned

 VietNamNet Bridge – After over 10 years of growing amongst coffee, pepper and cashew plants in the Central Highlands, macadamia trees have become wildly popular among local farmers,

Poaching still rife in Buon Don eco-tourism area

VietNamNet Bridge – Poachers continue to destroy the 1,300-hectare forest in the Buon Don Eco-tourism area in Central Highland Dak Lak Province' Krong Na Commune after media reported on illegal logging last October.

Dak Lak works to preserve Ede epics

Dak Lak has been enacting a series of measures to preserve and promote volumes of epics of the Ede people, which are currently in danger of disappearing from the community.

Illegal logging destroys Dak Lak pine forest

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 90 per cent of the pine forest along the Ho Chi Minh Highway that runs through Krong Buk District in Dak Lak Province has been destroyed by residents as well as the local administration.

Bus passenger loses eye in stone attack

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai and Dak Lak have taken steps to protect inter-provincial buses on national highways 14 and 19 from being attacked

Elephants at risk in Dak Lak

 VietNamNet Bridge – Elephant numbers are falling rapidly in Dak Lak Province and local authorities are struggling to protect the giant animals from the threat of extinction.

Central Highland elephants need urgent protection

 VietNamNet Bridge - The magnificent elephants of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are currently at risk of imminent extinction due to loss of habitat and illegal hunting.

Rice husking plants cause pollution in Central Highlands commune

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of rice husking plants have caused serious environmental pollution in the Dak Lieng Commune in Lak District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak during the past decade.

The cemetery of elephant hunters

 VietNamNet Bridge - Isolated from the outside world, this burial ground for elephant hunters in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is wild and mysterious.

Dak Lak struggles with early onset of dry season

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Lak are suffering from a severe shortage of water due to prolonged drought.