Back to English Comments Industries - October 3, 2018 | 12:02 pm GMT+7 Farmers’ hopes once climbed high on pepper vines in the Central Highlands; today, they are entangled in debt and misery.As the monsoon season ended in the Central Highlands, Lac packed up his belongings and embarked on a southward journey. Leaving behind his grass-covered fields, a tractor that has not been touched for months and a couple of goats that no one wanted to buy, he would work as a security guard for a restaurant in Saigon.Lac has to undertake this journey to save his house from being seized by the bank. His family has been unable to pay their bank loan's interest for months as the pepper vines that they’d invested all their money in now stand shriveled. Vui, on the other hand, has remained at home in Chu Puh District. She shares Lac’s fate. The pepper vines that had borne the hopes and expectations of her family have now buried her in debt. Unlike Lac, she has stayed behind to … [Read more...] about Tragedy of errors: Central Highlands farmers peppered with a debt crisis – VnExpress International
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Paddling around Central Highlands’ largest lake
Sitting in a hollowed tree trunk has never been this cool Lăk Lake 60 km south of Buon Ma Thuot city is the largest natural freshwater lake in Dak Lak Province with an area of about 500 ha. It is the second largest in Vietnam, after Ba Be Lake, a UNESCO recognized site in northern Bac Kan Province. Along Lăk Lake live a large number of ethnic minorities. A trip on a pitpan boat allows visitors to discover local life. Kayaking in boats made from hollowed tree trunks is an ideal way to get a close look at the diverse flora of the lake. In the distinctive wooden boats, the M'nong boatmen and women tell visitors about the legend of Lăk Lake as they paddle the boats. Once upon a time, after a battle between the fire god and the water god, a young M'nong boy named Y Lăk caught a small eel and took him home. Strangely, the eel grew bigger and bigger at bewildering speed. Before Y Lăk knew it, the pond where the eel was housed transformed into … [Read more...] about Paddling around Central Highlands’ largest lake
Ethnic cultural activities to be held on occasion of Vietnam’s National Day
The Hanoitimes - This is the ethnic cultural series of events to mark the 73rd anniversary of the country`s National Day (September 2). The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism will hold some ethnic cultural activities from August 31 to September 30 to mark the 73rd anniversary of National Day (September 2), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on August 27. The event aims to honor and preserve the cultural identities of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups, increase exchanges amongst ethnic groups, and attract more tourists during the holiday. Ethnic cultural activities to be held in villages for National Day. Accordingly, the event will feature over 220 artists, students, and people from 13 ethnic groups. They are Mong from Ha Giang, Kho Mu from Dien Bien, Thai from Son La, Tay from Thai Nguyen, Muong from Hoa Binh, Dao from Hanoi, Ta Oi and Ko Tu from Thua Thien-Hue, Xo Dang from Kon Tum, Raglai from Ninh Thuan, Ede from Dak Lak, Cham from … [Read more...] about Ethnic cultural activities to be held on occasion of Vietnam’s National Day
Central Highlands children with cleft lip, palate get free operations
Illustrative image (Source: operationsmile.org.vn) Dak Lak (VNA) – Eighty-three children with cleft lip and palate in the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands will receive free health check-ups and surgeries as part of the Operation Smile Vietnam programme. Operations for the children from Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Lam Dong province will be conducted from August 27 to 31 at the Tay Nguyen General Hospital in Dak Lak. Doctors from the Ho Chi Minh Medicine and Pharmacy University Hospital, National Hospital of Odonto – Stomatology, and 108 Military Central Hospital, among other top medical facilities, will perform these surgeries. The programme also subsidizes travel costs of the children. Speaking at a ceremony opening the programme in Dak Lak on August 26, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee H’Yim Kdoh said the programme had provided such operations for 852 children in Dak Lak. He said it demonstrate communal support toward the well-being of … [Read more...] about Central Highlands children with cleft lip, palate get free operations
Two prayerful, architectural gems in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
Situated on Nguyen Hue Street in Kon Tum city, the Cathedral of Kon Tum has been a popular destination for visitors. The church was built by French pastors from 1913 to 1918. The place is also called “the wooden cathedral”, for it is almost completely made of wood. The architect designed the resident halls in Roman style along with the stilt house structure of the Ba Na people. A tall wooden cross on top of the church adds to its majesty and beauty. The Ba Na are an ethnic group of Vietnam living primarily in the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum, as well as the coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen. Wooden pillars line a corridor in the cathedral. Inside the cathedral, many small columns are connected with wooden arcs. The chapel has colorful stained glass windows that depict anecdotes in the Bible. The chapel becomes magnificent when sunlight filters through these windows. The patterns and details of … [Read more...] about Two prayerful, architectural gems in Vietnam’s Central Highlands