Tourists to enjoy free durians at Vietnam festival
Visitors to a durian festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 will be invited to join durian tours and enjoy the king of fruits for free, local officials announced.
Some Vietnam coffee farms thrive despite drought, but may not stop espresso price hikes
Vietnamese coffee growers have been hit hard this year by the worst drought in nearly a decade, raising concerns of pricier espressos across the world, even as some farmers keep yields healthy with clever countermeasures.
Coffee’s in danger : Can Vietnam’s robusta save it from climate change ?
In Vietnam, the world’s second-biggest coffee grower, producers are on an urgent quest: To rehabilitate the widely grown, but ill-regarded, Robusta bean.
Vietnam designates two overseas groups as ‘Terrorist’ organizations
The two organizations advocate for the political and cultural rights of the Montagnard peoples of the Central Highlands, a highly sensitive issue for Hanoi.
Vietnam records five earthquakes in an hour in Central Highlands
Five earthquakes were recorded in Kon Plong district in Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Kon Tum on Wednesday (Feb 7) noon, the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center under the Institute of Geophysics reported.
Vietnam experiences abnormal rainy season
The rainy season has arrived earlier than usual in the south and Central Highlands, with higher amounts of rain and stronger winds that resulted in more floods.
Dak Lak armed group connected to US-based terrorists
The armed group that attacked two government headquarters in Dak Lak Province earlier this month has connections with terrorists based in the U.S., the homeland security department says.
Vietnam arrests more than 50 over Central Highlands attacks
The motivation for the coordinated attacks on two commune offices in Dak Lak province remains unclear.
Vietnam is going all-in on a climate-change resistant coffee bean
For decades, the world of coffee has had one star: the arabica bean. It is “complex” and “deliciously refined,” according to companies such as Starbucks that have refused to use any other bean. It has engendered obsession among Java aficionados.
In Vietnam, a forest grown from the ashes of war falls to a resort project
At the end of the rainy season, the hillsides in Dak Doa district, in central Vietnam’s Gia Lai province, turn pink as the Cỏ Hồng grass blushes in the basaltic soil of a 50-year-old pine forest.
Central Vietnam villagers remain homeless two years after flash floods
Almost 120 families in central Vietnam have been living in makeshift houses on other people’s land two years since flash floods swept their houses away.
Introducing cinema to mountainous region in central Vietnam
When the opening scene of a cartoon appeared on the screen, children at Tak Po school in Quang Nam Province screamed with delight and Ho Hoang Liem smiled with satisfaction.
Fears of COVID surge in Vietnam as workers flee Ho Chi Minh City
Mass exodus of migrant workers from Vietnam’s COVID-19 epicentre prompts fears of virus surge in Mekong Delta and the Central Highlands.
French loan to partly fund central highlands hydropower plant
Vietnam Electricity will borrow EUR74.7 million ($88.9 million) from the French Development Agency to build a hydropower plant in the Central Highlands.