Last updated: Monday, October 31, 2011
If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction
Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report...
Last updated: Saturday, June 18, 2011
Green eggplants give a bitter twist to the cuisine of the Central Highlands
Bitter eggplant to cook with fish in Pleiku Town
The Central Highlands has become one of the world’s most famous coffee producers. Vietnam is now the world’s second-largest exporter of the bitter...
Last updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The reservoir at Ham Thuan Power Plant in the Central Highlands is drying up
Many hydropower plants have had to reduce operations due to dangerously low water levels, worsening the electricity shortage problem in the country.
Power plant operators said reservoirs are drying up around the country, especially in the Central...
Last updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Khai Doan Pagoda was given a reddish-brown color similar to the basalt soil found in the Central Highlands
In the heart of Buon Ma Thuot Town stands the Khai Doan Pagoda that boasts a unique feature: a design that is a combination of the Central Highlands long house and palaces of...
Last updated: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Artist Duc Dau performs on Quang Trung war-drums at his house which is a living museum of all kinds of Vietnamese traditional musical instruments.
Mention family bands and the Jacksons come to mind first, but not to those who know a “crazy” guy called Duc Dau, born Tran Trong Dau.
Dau’s “Phu Dong Family...
Last updated: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The recent red mud spill in western Hungary has raised the concerns about bauxite mining projects in Vietnam.
VnnNews – The recent red mud spill in western Hungary, which forced hundreds of local dwellers out of their homes, contaminated the soil and decimated wildlife, has raised the concerns about bauxite mining projects...
Last updated: Saturday, October 2, 2010
People’s Artist and pop singer Y Moan died yesterday at the age of 53 after a long fight with stomach cancer.< />
People’s Artist: Singer Y Moan has died after a long fight with stomach cancer at his home in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands of Dac Lac Province. — VNA/VNS Photo
His funeral will be...
Last updated: Saturday, October 2, 2010
People’s Artist and pop singer Y Moan died yesterday at the age of 53 after a long fight with stomach cancer.< />
People’s Artist: Singer Y Moan has died after a long fight with stomach cancer at his home in Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands of Dac Lac Province. — VNA/VNS Photo
His funeral will be...
Last updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Drought in Vietnam is becoming increasingly alarming: the Red River is at its lowest ever level as the northern region suffers a serious drought and fears rise of forest fires.
A forest fire on February 13 destroyed nearly 2 hectares of 16-year-old pine trees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. Eight provinces and cities were...
Last updated: Sunday, February 14, 2010
A Muong man tries to preserve traditional gong music by offering free classes. But he can’t do it alone.
Bui Tien Xo performs traditional Muong gong music. VnnNews – A Muong man tries to preserve traditional gong music by offering free classes. But he can’t do it alone. Bui Tien Xo’s small house in the mountains...
