A working delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the EU Delegation to Vietnam had a meeting with the authorities in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on electricity supply for rural areas and renewable energy development.

For the first time, tourists attending the Chu Dang Ya Wild Sunflower – Volcano Festival will have a chance to experience paragliding.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 15 issued decisions on imposing disciplinary measures against incumbent leaders and a former leader of the People’s Committee of Gia Lai province for their violations and shortcomings in performing their tasks.

In recent years, authorities and people of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have taken drastic measures to fight cross-border human trafficking.

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai held a ceremony at the martyrs’ cemetery in Duc Co district on May 24 to rebury the remains of 18 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia.

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai held a workshop on May 22 to introduce its potential and seek chances for investment cooperation with Japan in agriculture, processing, renewable energy, and tourism.

Gia Lai should make renewable energy a key economic sector and pay more attention to developing tourism and processing industries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed at the Central Highlands province’s 90th founding anniversary celebration ceremony held in Pleiku City on May 21 evening.

To conserve the traditional culture and the unique characteristics of the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands, gong tuning artisans in Gia Lai province travel every village to keep the sounds of mountains and forest alive.

Inside the UNESCO-recognised Kon Ha Nung biosphere reserve, rangers are still working hard to protect its rich resources.

UNESCO has recognised Kon Ha Nung Plateau in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai as a world biosphere reserve at the 33rd session of its International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC) in Nigeria.

Coffee is one of the key agricultural products of the Central Highlands in general and Gia Lai province in particular, but Gia Lai coffee has not been able to earn a brand name on par with its value.

Vietnam’s biosphere reserves Nui Chua in the central province of Ninh Thuan and Kon Ha Nung in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai will be voted to seek UNESCO recognition at the 33rd session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (CIC-MAB) in Nigeria from September 13-17.

A delegation of the Ia O border guard station in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai met their Cambodian counterparts on August 22 to discuss joint work to protect border areas and fight COVID-19 pandemic.

A herd of three to five elephants has re-appeared in several communes in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai’s Chu Prong district in recent days.