A photo exhibition entitled ‘Gia Lai - 35 Years of Construction and Development’ opened in the Gia Lai Provincial Museum. This was to mark the 35th anniversary of the province liberation, the 35th anniversary of the South liberation and the national reunification (April 30). The exhibition displays more than 120 photos, focusing on two themes. The first one features the history, land, people and culture of ethnic minority people in Gia Lai Central Highlands province. Photos on the visits by the Party and State leaders to the province are also displayed. The second shows the provincial achievements in socio-economic development and in national defence and security over the past 35 years thanks to the leadership of the Party and State and the unity of the multi-national community in Gia Lai. The exhibition will last until March 21. Source: ND … [Read more...] about Photos on Gia Lai Central Highlands province on display
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Ethnic Minority Culture Day in Gia Lai Province to Be Held in April
The Central Highland’s Province of Gia Lai’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced that a cultural day of ethnic minority groups in Gia Lai Province will take place in the city of Pleiku from April 3rd – 4th, 2009. This will be a unity festival for ethnic minority groups in Gia Lai Province, and an opportunity to prepare for the International Gong Culture Festival to be held at the end of 2009. Source: CPV … [Read more...] about Ethnic Minority Culture Day in Gia Lai Province to Be Held in April
Gia Lai: Implementing the project of developing rural culture
(Cinet)- Gia Lai Province People’s Committee has approved the project of developing rural development in the phase 2011- 2015, vision up to 2010. Implementing this project, the industry of culture, sports and tourism of Gia Lai already chose K’bang to be key district on building up culture in the phase 2011- 2012, in which choosing K’rong lto be the key hamlet, then multiplying the model to the whole province. The target of the project is up to 2015, Gia Lai province will have 30% rural people to participate frequently in activities of culture, sports. Up to 2020, all hamlets, villages in Gia Lai will have cultural houses and sports area gained the standard level per regulation of the MOCST. Mr. Phan Xuan Vu, the Director of the Gia Lai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that: at first, the province will invest in constructing the facilities in difficult communes, including schools, medical stations, transport system, electricity, water system. … [Read more...] about Gia Lai: Implementing the project of developing rural culture
Pre-historic stone tool workshop found in Gia Lai
Archaeologists have found a stone tool workshop in Ia Mor commune, Chuprong district of Central Highlands Gia Lai province, with the largest number of artefacts discovered in the central highlands so far. Excavators from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology (VIA) and the GiaLaiMuseum unearthed more than 60 stone artefacts and thousands of ceramic relics at the site. Archaeologists also found human bones and teeth together with stone and bone jewellery in an urn tomb at Ia Mor stream. This is the first time pre-historic human remains have been found in Gia Lai and the CentralHighlands . Ia Mor is the sixth excavation site in Gia Lai and the excavation work will last through October. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Pre-historic stone tool workshop found in Gia Lai
Gia Lai pepper farmers developing Sri Lanka plant
Nguyen Van Long, from Dien Phu Commune in Pleiku City stands by a Sri Lanka pepper plant. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Peppergrowers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are developing pepperplants from Sri Lanka, instead of local varieties, however some agriculturalexperts are wary of its development potential.Despite the low market price of pepperearly this week, farmers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai werestill taking risks on the strange variety from Sri Lanka, with buying prices of105,000-115,000 VND per kg, three times higher than Vinh Linh pepper (namedafter a popular pepper seed originating in Vinh Linh district). Vinh Linhpepper has been thriving in Gia Lai. Faced with falling pepper prices andworsening weather in recent years, many pepper growers in Gia Lai province havefallen into serious debt. Some were forced to destroy their pepper plants togrow other fruit trees and make a living.Some local households, on the other … [Read more...] about Gia Lai pepper farmers developing Sri Lanka plant