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Illegal logging found at Central Highlands forest

A forest in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been destroyed for months, but the local authorities claimed they did not know anything about the incident.

Discovering Chu Se terraced fields from height

The stunning beauty of the green terraced fields belonging to the Jrai ethnic group in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has proved a popular destination with travelers flocking to the area in recent time.

MoT requests investigation on bypass

The Ministry of Transport has sent an urgent document to request authorities to inspect and clarify the cause of severe road subsidence on a newly-built bypass in the central highlands province of Gia Lai.

Donated land gives the gift of education

Poor children in Bon Sar Village, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, are now able to read and write thanks to Nay Bim, an elderly villager who donated land and funds to build a school.

Sweet profits for Gia Lai honey hunters

Rice harvest season just ended, but many farmers in the Central Highlands’ provinces are still hard at work.

Gia Lai struggles to fight pine forest destruction

The Gia Lai Forest Protection sub-department has asked the police to investigate the recent destruction of a pine forest, Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper reported.

Gia Lai pine tree bark trader arrested

Forest rangers in Gia Lai Province announced on Thursday they had arrested a trader for buying 3.5 tonnes of pine tree bark.

A stilt house fire killed a three-year-old girl in Gia Lai

A three-year-old girl has died after a blaze broke out at a stilt house in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Evidence of early humans unearthed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 1,000 stone objects and 600 pieces of meteorite dating back 800,000 years have been unearthed at archaeological sites in An Khe, the central highlands province of Gia Lai.

Police raid biggest gambling ring so far in Gia Lai

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 130 people were arrested early Sunday morning when police raided a suspected gambling den in Village 76 in Ha Bau Commune, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Minh Thanh Pagoda – Majestic Buddhist sanctuary in Central Highlands

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 2 km from the centre of Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province, Minh Thanh Pagoda is an impressive Buddhist architectural complex, which tourists should not miss when visiting the locality.

Programme seeks to slow down vehicles to make school zones safer

Asia Injury Prevention Foundation and the Gia Lai Province Traffic Safety Committee launched a new public awareness campaign and made school zone road modifications in Pleiku City as part of a programme to reduce vehicle speeds ...

Wildlife hunting in Gia Lai continues as enforcement remains weak

VietNamNet Bridge - Reporters posing as customers who want to buy wildlife to keep as pets or to have a party were able to easily access restaurants and refrigerators full of wild animal meat recently. 


Gia Lai company prosecuted for deforestation

 VietNamNet Bridge – A local agricultural and forestry company in Krong Pa District, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai was reported to have damaged about 30,000sq.m of forest land.

Wild sunflower festival in full swing

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second Chư Đăng Ya Wild Sunflower – Volcano Festival has kicked off at Ia Gri Village in the central highland’s province of Gia Lai.

Gia Lai farmers warned not to lease out land

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of ethnic people in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have leased out their land in order to raise funds to build houses or cover other expenses.

Traditional statues portray ethnic cultures

An area displaying traditional wooden statues of the Jrai and Bahnar ethnic groups is open to the public in Ốp Village in the central province of Gia Lai as a precede to a traditional Gong Festival

Embankment causes havoc for Gia Lai households

The construction of an embankment to prevent landslide along Hoi Phu Spring in Pleiku City in the Central Highlands Province of Gia Lai has damaged houses and polluted the local environment over the last two years, 

Coffee machine leaves good taste for farmers

 VietNamNet Bridge – As soon as a coffee tree is planted, coffee growers would dig soil around the tree to create a hole that helps to store water and nutrition for the tree’ s growth.

Housemaid severely beaten in Gia Lai

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Welfare Dao Ngoc Dung has called on authorities of Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces to investigate a case in which a housemaid was allegedly mistreated by her owner.