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The completion of increasing and upgrading border markers along the borderline between Kon Tum province and Laos’s Attapeu and Sekong provinces has created new opportunities for their cooperation.

Kon Tum province must develop and protect forests while strictly handling the destruction of natural forests, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told provincial officials on July 3.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked authorities of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to examine and report the case of deforestation and illegal timber transport before July 10.

Five Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong plan to upgrade their transport infrastructure systems at a cost of more than 115 trillion VND (5.22 billion USD).

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum supported nearly 10,000 ethnic minority and poor households in obtaining housing and farming land and accessing clean water from 2014 to May this year.

Voters in the border district of Ngoc Hoi, the central Highlands of Kon Tum, are ready for the upcoming elections of the 14th National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021.

A memorial service was held at Road 9 National Martyrs Cemetery in Quang Tri province on May 12 for 37 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts whose remains had just been brought back to Viet Nam.

The essence of the diverse, rich Highlands folk culture will be showcased in a festive space in Kon Tum province from March 18-23.

Kon Tum province, home to the largest forest area in the Central Highlands, is now on full alert for fires.

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum’s la H’Drai district has finally joined the national grid thanks to the national power supply plan for rural, mountainous and island areas for 2013-2020.

Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan has wished Catholics in the Diocese of Kon Tum a merry Christmas as the season is just around the corner.

The effort to pass gong culture to younger generations in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has been facing challenges, according to artisans.

The United Nations Children’s Fund in Vietnam (UNICEF) and the Johnson & Johnson Company signed an agreement on improving health for disadvantaged ethnic minority women and children.

Nearly 500 bridges have been built across the Central Highlands, serving the travel of local ethnic minority groups, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.