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118,202ha of old coffee trees replaced in Central Highlands

The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region has replaced 118,202ha of old coffee trees by planting new ones or grafting old coffee trees with young sprouts to improve yield since 2014, or 98.5 per cent of the total area to be replanted in 2014-20.

Drought causes big losses to Tay Nguyen farmers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sugarcane farmers in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai had lost hundreds of billions of dong due to a prolonged severe drought in the region,

Government tries to stabilise lives for free migrants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internal migration to the Tay Nguyen region has caused population concerns, security and environmental protection issues as well as hindering socio-economic development.

Youth makes sure his community gets IT

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young man from the Chil ethnic minority has dedicated himself to shepherding his community into the digital age by providing free computer lessons for children.

Tay Nguyen grads unable to get jobs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minority students directly admitted to colleges and universities without sitting for entrance exams are finding it difficult to find jobs after graduation,

Ancient tusk a clue to elephant history

VietNamNet Bridge – Tay Nguyen (The Central Highlands) in Viet Nam is renowned for its natural beauty with huge gentle elephants and also for a precious elephant tusk fossil that has been recently revealed.

Schools teach children how to beat out rhythm on a gong

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sight of young school-going gong players has become an everyday event in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) these days, due to efforts to include this performing art in school curriculums.

Expert talks about animal sacrifice in traditional festivals

In traditional thinking, animals are sacrificed to the god of fortune and prosperity. However, many complain they are brutal and should be wiped out of modern society. Professor Tran Lam Bien, a noted researcher on faith, talks about the issue.

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.

Tourism degrades cultural traditions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world heritage Gong, a sacred and precious musical instrument of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) is likely to lose its original cultural significance, a UN cultural expert warned on Friday, Nov 29.

Highlands develop 21 new types of coffee

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Agriculture and Forestry Science and Technical Institute has developed 21 new coffee varieties that are disease resistant and have high yields.

Binh Dinh resevoirs rejected by MARD

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many reservoirs in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh have failed to meet the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's standards on flood prevention, raising concerns about the flood season.

Ancient stones help musical M'nong to rock

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Van Phuong, from Bu Bia Village in the Tay Nguyen province of Dak Nong, says he was born and raised in the colorful cultural space of the M'nong ethnic people,

Illegal sand mining erodes river banks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal sand mining has caused severe erosion along the two main tributaries of the Serepok River in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands), affecting the lives of many people.

Farmers struggle to water their crops

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Tay Nguyen region are struggling to find water to irrigate their crops as a drought that hit them early this year has caused many rivers and reservoirs to dry up.

Drought destroys upland crops

A drought that began unusually at the end of September last year in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region has destroyed thousands of hectares of crops.