Tourists visiting the Tay Nguyen (Central Highland)
region, the country''s largest coffee cultivation area, will see the
beauty of ripening coffee orchards as the region is entering the coffee
harvest season.
A festival showcasing traditional costumes and
presenting traditional cultural features will be organised in Da Lat
City from October 31 to November 2.
The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak
Nong has discovered a cave system in the Serepok River basin in Krong No
District that appears suitable for developing tourism.
A week-long festival of traditional musical instruments is being held
from today until next Monday in Da Lat City in the Tay Nguyen (Central
Highlands) Province of Lam Dong.
More than 150 photographs on display at an exhibition in Da Lat City
offer visitors a sample of the wilder side and special cultural features
of the Central Highlands region.
With its vast coffee orchards, ruou can (fermented
rice wine drunk out of a jar using pipes), and gong culture, the Tay
Nguyen (Central Highlands) is an attractive tourism destination,
especially at this time when the coffee trees are in full bloom.
The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum has set up Pa Sy
Waterfall Tourism Area, an ecological and community-based tourism
destination in Kon Tu Rang Village, Kon Plong District.
The sight of young school-going gong players has become an everyday
event in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) these days, due to efforts
to include this performing art in school curriculums.
Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology has received a set of elephant hunting
tools from the family of a so-called "Elephant King" in Tay Nguyen
(Central Highlands) province of Dak Lak.
The world heritage Gong, a sacred and precious musical instrument of the
Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) is likely to lose its original cultural
significance, a UN cultural expert warned yesterday.
The first ever Viet Nam – ASEAN UNESCO Heritage
festival held in Viet Nam is expected to take place at the Tay Nguyen
(Central Highlands) province of Lam Dong at the end of the year.
