Residents in the central region have been familiar with floods for many generations. Floods last year still attacked Da Nang City, Quang Nam and other central provinces in the 11th month and caused severe damage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Quang Nam Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has just set up a Quang Region Cuisine Museum to honour local noodle dishes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This time last year, many parts of the central region were submerged under floodwater, but this year’s unusual aridity in the middle of the rainy season offers little solace.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A festival featuring ví and giặm folk singing of Nghe Tinh, named an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, will kick off on Friday in the central province of Ha Tinh.

VietNamNet Bridge - The link among economic and industrial areas in the Central Region Key Economic Zone remains very weak after 10 years of development. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Large forests in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces continue to be cut down despite serious protection measures applied by local authorities.  

Economists have warned that if natural resource advantages cannot be exploited well, they will end up becoming critical disadvantages in the central region, hindering economic development.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will set up an ocean monitoring system, using compensation paid by the Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Steel Plant’s for last year’s environmental incident.

VietNamNet Bridge - Fishermen’s use of extirpative equipment, including explosive and small-mesh nets, is causing the disappearance of many aquatic species.

Investors are seeking alternative opportunities in central coastal cities like Danang and Nha Trang, given the high property prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Provincial authorities in the central region have decided to withdraw proposed hydropower projects in an effort to protect forested land. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam in general and HCMC in particular are proving to be ideal places for the wealthy from Asia to buy property.

Community-based tourism, unique lifestyles and traditional cultural values offer major potential for development in the centre of Viet Nam and its Central Highlands, 

“The program on building terraced hydropower plants on small rivers is a wrong decision. It is the root cause of floods,” said Vu Trong Hong, former Deputy Minister of Water Resources, now chair of the Vietnam Water Resources Association.

VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy rainfall that caused floods over the past four days in the central region claimed three deaths and inundated many areas, according to search and rescue teams. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The radio-television station of Phu Loc District in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has reported a jam caused by Chinese radio waves on the 98MHz frequency band.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘So do cam’ as called by Vietnamese, Spathodea campanulata, sourced from Africa, considered a ‘malicious invader’, is still being grown in Vietnam, posing a threat to the ecological environment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many areas in the central region are suffering from severe drought and saline intrusion. 

With numerous heritage sites, Vietnam’s central region holds huge potential for tourism development. Taking advantage of this, the ‘Central Heritages Excursion’ tour was established, offering tourists many interesting travel experiences,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city will host the central and north-central region qualifiers for the annual Golden Spoon Awards today and tomorrow (August 4 and 5) at the Golden Phoenix Conference Centre.