Sitting in a corner of his museum, Hoang Thanh in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak's Buon Ma Thuot City cautiously cleans rocks while surrounded by thousands of fossilised snails, molluscs and wood.

Boarding houses in Buon Ma Thuot have become second homes for many sight-impaired people over the past 10 years in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is coordinating with forest rangers of Zone 4 to organise a training course on combating wildlife trafficking, in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

A 59-year-old elephant in Dak Lak Province which carried tourists on sightseeing trips for many years has died, according to the provincial Elephant Conservation Centre.

For the Ma ethnic minority in Dak Som Commune in Dak Glong district in Dak Nong province, the forest is just like a god who protects them from disasters.

Vietnam is one of the biggest coffee and pepper exporters in the world, but the money it earns is modest.

A joint investigation between police and officials has been carried out into deforestation in Krong Ana District, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

At least three people have been killed or gone missing as a result of the impact of typhoon Nakri, whilst thousands of homes throughout the central highlands region have been submerged in water.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Vietnam, in co-operation with Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre, plans to launch a GPS supervision project on wild elephant herds found in the province.

Four members of the same family have drowned in Cam Ranh Bay, Khanh Hoa Province on Tuesday, according to a local official.

Authorities have pledged to find the causes of a land collapse close to the red mud reservoir of Nhan Co Alumina Factory in Dak R’lap District of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Provinces throughout the central highlands suffered from a prolonged period of heavy downpours from August 6-8, resulting in rising water levels and causing severe difficulties for local residents.

Riding elephants as a tourism activity is cruel to the animals, said Tran Khac Mai, a veterinarian.v

A fine arts exhibition featuring local life in the country’s southern Central and Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen) regions will run from August 13 to 22, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Authorities in Dak Lak Province have released two elephants which were used in the tourism industry.

Lak lake in Dak Lak province is the second largest natural freshwater lake in Vietnam. Surrounded by mountains and primeval forests, Lak Lake is also home to unique cultural values of M'nong people.

Despite not having undergone any training in music, 26-year-old Tis of the Se Dang ethnic group in Dak Lak province, can make and play many musical instruments of the Central Highland region. He also teaches local children to play music.

After rushing to cultivate pepper and expanding the growing area, farmers in the central region are now facing tumbling prices.

Dozens of hectares of forest were illegally cut down and private properties were constructed along National Road 29 in the area between Ea Súp and Buon Don districts as authorities admitted they were struggling to stop the encroachment.

The ethnic Nung An people, also called the Nung people, who reside mostly in Quang Hoa Village, in the Central Highland’s Province of Dak Lak, have worked to preserve their traditions after moving to their new land to build new lives.