On March 12, 2011, at Quoc Hoc Specialized High School (Hue City), the 11th National Casio Maths Contest 2010-2011 in the Central and Central Highlands of Vietnam officially ended. Thua Thien Hue, Ha Tinh, and Da Nang respectively got the first, second, and third team prize. This was an opportunity for students to exchange and study each other. In addition, the contest aimed at encouraging the learning spirit of students, giving continuation education, improving calculator skills in order to serve their learning and working. … [Read more...] about Thua Thien Hue got the first team prize in the National Casio Maths Contest in the Central and Central Highlands of Vietnam
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Space of gong culture in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Crystallisation of the country’s supernatural spirit
Gongs play important role in the spiritual lives of people, especially people in the Central Highlands, and is also a manifestation of religion and a means to communicate with the "supernatural." It is one of the reasons that the gong culture of the Central Highlands is recognized as a masterpiece of oral and an intangible cultural heritages of humankind by UNESCO. On Mar.28, Mr. Gadi Mgomezulu, Director of the Cultural Heritage Division, talked with a reporter of the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper on issues relating to the space of gong culture in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Reporter: What is the special features of the space of Vietnam's gong culture compared to other countries in the region that made UNESCO recognize it as an intangible cultural heritage of humankind? Mr. Gadi Mgomezulu: The approving council of UNESCO highly praised the space of gong culture in the Central Highlands - a space that spreads throughout many provinces and where, 17 ethnic groups are living. The … [Read more...] about Space of gong culture in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Crystallisation of the country’s supernatural spirit
Cambodia charges UNHCR of receiving ethnic minorities from Central Highlands
The Interior Ministry of Cambodia has sent the UNHCR-Cambodia resident office a document summing up the UN refugee agency's illegal operations in Cambodia. The document charged the UN High Commissioner of Refugees of illegally organising, inciting, transferring and receiving ethnic minority people from the Central Highlands of Vietnam into Phnom Penh, calling it a violation of Cambodia's national sovereignty. The Interior Ministry's summary of UNHCR's illegal operations in Cambodia was sent together with the Foreign Ministry's statement calling the UNHCR staff's operations an abuse of authority as they had no legal right to remove and receive foreigners without permission from the Cambodian Government. The Cambodian Interior Ministry pointed out that after closing two refugee camps opened by the UNHCR itself in two Cambodian provinces on the border with Vietnam in April, 2002, the UN refugee agency continued employing some non-Governmental organisations in border provinces to incite … [Read more...] about Cambodia charges UNHCR of receiving ethnic minorities from Central Highlands
Beautiful lakes in Central Highlands
VietNamNet Bridge - Poetic Ho Xuan Huong Lake, peaceful Lak Lake or legendary T'nung Lake are famous tourist destinations in the central highlands of Vietnam. T'nung Lake in Pleiku Located at an altitude of about 1,000 m above sea level, with a surface area of about 250 hectares, the lake has an average depth of up to 40 m. Bien Ho is considered as one of the largest freshwater lakes in the Central Highlands. According to historical documents, the lake is the remains of a volcano which has been inactive for hundreds of millions of years. Looking from above, Bien Ho looks like a transparent crystal, which is brilliant in the sunshine of the Central Highlands. The road to the lake is winding down between green pine trees and carpets of yellow wild sunflowers, which reinforces the charm to this place. Here, visitors can use dug-out canoes to enjoy the poetic beauty of the lake. Xuan Huong Lake in Da Lat Being seen from afar, Xuan Huong Lake is in crescent-shape, the lake surface … [Read more...] about Beautiful lakes in Central Highlands
Banks lend central highland hydroelectric projects $375 mln
Four state-owned commercial banks in Vietnam will provide roughly VND6 trillion (US$375 million) to build a mammoth hydroelectricity project in the central highlands of Vietnam. Representatives of Vietcombank, Techcombank, BIDV and Agribank and state power giant, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) signed an agreement for the loan in Hanoi Thursday. … [Read more...] about Banks lend central highland hydroelectric projects $375 mln