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.