The plan aims to help improve education quality for Ede ethnic pupils, preserve and develop the language and culture of the minority group. The Central Highland province Dak Lak has set a target to have 15,000 pupils at 100 primary and secondary schools attend classes in both Vietnamese and Ede languages by 2015. The province started teaching Ede language for the third to the fifth grades at schools in areas inhabited by the ethnic people from the 1980s and later at junior high schools. In the 2009-2010 school year, the province had 11,969 Ede pupils study at 487 classes in 88 schools. The province has worked together with education institutions to compile textbooks and syllabus for Ede language teaching at schools. … [Read more...]

The Dak Lak Honey Bee Joint Stock Company in the highland province of Dak Lak is striving to bring its total export turnover for 2010 to 10,000 tonnes of honey, valued at more than US$20 million, doubling last year’s figure. By late October, the company had collected 11,000 tonnes of honey and exported over 8,000 tonnes of honey products to the US, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Notably, the US imported 80 percent of the honey products from Dak Lak province. To push honey exports, Dak Lak Honey Bee JSC has expanded investment into other areas in Dak Lak province, and other provinces in the Central Highland and Southwestern region, creating favourable conditions for farmers to develop apiaries. This year, the Dak Lak province has reared 200,000 flocks of bees with an output of 11,500 tonnes of honey, twice the amount in 2009. … [Read more...]

Around 380 ethnic athletes from 9 teams attended the 4th ethnic minorities’ sport festival, which started in the northern province of Dak Lak on April 22. They competed in 8 events such as volleyball, football, tug of war, crossbow shooting and marathon. The sport festival helps promote sports and physical training in the ethnic and mountainous areas and preserve ethnic peoples’ cultural identity. ***The same day, another sport festival for ethnic minorities was held in the central highland province of Dak Lak, attracting 600 athletes from 17 teams representing 45 ethnic minority groups in the province. The event is a good chance for ethnic athletes to exchange experiences and promote their traditional kinds of sports. … [Read more...]

The Central Highland province of Dak Lak is ready for the third coffee festival scheduled for March 10-15, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Hieu said. He told a press briefing on March that all necessary preparations for the third Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival have been completed. An opening ceremony will take place at Buon Ma Thuot city’s square, followed by street festivals, including lion dance, elephant march and gong performance. During the festival, 600 booths will be set up to showcase Vietnam’s coffee products. An international workshop on sustainable development for Buon Ma Thuot coffee will also be held with the participation of representatives from coffee exporting and importing countries like Brazil, Columbia, Indonesia and Ethiopia. Future transaction is expected to be launched for the first time in the province’s coffee trading floor. In addition, the festival includes a series of cultural and art activities, making it … [Read more...]

The Danish government has provided 84.8 billion VND (over 4 million USD) for the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to implement an agricultural and rural development programme in the 2008-2012 period. At a working session with the provincial leaders on August 12, Deputy Ambassador of Denmark to Vietnam Lis Rosenholm praised Dak Lak province for its effective use of the Danish aid. To date, the province has allocated over 45 billion VND towards implementing the programme's objectives, including increasing agricultural economic growth, developing agricultural and rural infrastructure, improving living conditions for residents, strengthening the protection and use of natural resources, maintaining a sustainable environment and raising management capacity. Between now and 2012, Dak Lak pledges to use the remaining capital effectively, to ensure that agriculture will account for 46 percent of the province's economy, and 76 percent of rural residents will gain access to safe … [Read more...]

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA)'s branch in Dak Lak has offered 100 gifts, each worth VND3 million to AO/dioxin victims. All gifts are sponsored by Thanh Nien (Youth) newspaper and RASS Group. The province currently has nearly 4,500 AO/dioxin victims. In response to commemorating the 50th anniversary of the day when Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin was first sprayed in Vietnam (August 10, 1961), the association has received assistance from 194 individuals and collectives who donated a total over VND1.6 billion. All money will be used to build houses, provide scholarships and present gifts to AO/dioxin victims and their families on the occasion of national and Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays. Source: VOV … [Read more...]

The National Assembly Chairman, Nguyen Sinh Hung, has asked Dak Lak Province to work together with other Central Highland localities to make the region is a more attractive destination for domestic and foreign investors. The NA Chairman Hung made the request on October 15 at his working session with Dak Lak authorities to assess the effectiveness of the Party and State’s policies for ethnic minorities, as well as prepare for the upcoming second session of the 13 th NA. The NA leader also asked Dak Lak to look into developing better planning and policy strategies to help transform the Central Highlands into one of the country’s strongest economic zones, ensuring more solid regional defense and security. Hung said future NA sessions will focus on socioeconomic issues relating to policies to improve living conditions for the Central Highland’s often vulnerable ethnic people. The NA leader said he will ask NA agencies to consider a resolution on policies … [Read more...]

More than 100 athletes are taking part in the 2011 National Billiards & Snooker Tournament, which opened in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on August 4. They are competing for seven sets of medals in 8-ball pool, 9-ball pool, 10-ball pool, Snooker, Billiards, carom 1-cushion, and carom 3-cushion events. Hanoi and HCM City are considered the tournament's strongest teams. The event aims to select the best athletes for the national team to attend the upcmong 26th SEA Games in Indonesia this November. Source: VOV … [Read more...]

Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Dak Lak and Laos’ Champasak province will further boost cooperation in industry, trade and investment through cooperative development programmes. At a working session in Buon Ma Thuot city on September 29, Vo Thanh and Nalongsak Sattakun, Directors of the Dak Lak and Champasak provincial Departments of Industry and Trade introduced their provinces’ potential and advantages in the field of industry, trade and services. They expressed hope that both sides will regularly exchange visits and create favourable conditions for businesses to invest in producing high quality goods to meet market demands. At the session, both leaders also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperative programmes on the development of industry, trade and investment. Dak Lak is one of Vietnam’s leading coffee producers and exporters. The province also boasts an abundant, young workforce with a large consumption of goods in … [Read more...]

The Dak Lak team came out on top at the 7th National Sports Festival for Ethnic Minorities which closed in the central province of Quang Nam on July 25. Ethnic minority sports festival opens in Quang Nam The champion won a set of 47 medals, including 26 golds, 12 silvers and 9 bronzes. Next in the rank of winners were the host Quang Nam and Gia Lai. After five days of competition, the organising board delivered 166 sets of medals to the winners. The festival, which had drawn the participation of more than 720 athletes from 37 ethnic minority groups in 17 cites and provinces in southern Vietnam, aimed to develop the sports and physical training movement to improve health and spiritual life, as well as preserving traditional cultural values and strengthening solidarity among ethnic minority groups. … [Read more...]