Domestic coffee businesses were preparing to report their bad debts to the State Bank and related ministries by August 15, according to Nguyen Viet Vinh, general secretary of the Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA).

They are not tourist destinations but only the household-sized economic models of two farmers in Lam Ha District in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. However, tens of thousands of foreign tourists visit these sites annually. Why?

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many hydroelectric power projects in the Central Highlands are believed to cause adverse effects on the environment while the management is too loose.

VietNamNet Bridge – By a quirk of fate during a tramp around District 2, I found myself in a weird world full of dozens of tuong nha mo like human beings in varied nuances in a space filled with antiques

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of serious malfunctions occurred consecutively at different small-scale hydro-power plants in the central region and Central Highlands over the last few months.

 The Ministry of Finance submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister to help troubled coffee exporters by extending the period when they could receive loans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A large area of protective pine forest in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has been destroyed by local farmers to clear land for pepper and coffee plantations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Imposing wooden charnel houses are one of the unique architectural traditions of the Central Highlands. However, as the forests in the region grow increasingly depleted, these structures may soon be relegated to the past.

 VietNamNet Bridge - It is expected that the Tan Rai bauxite consortium will be officially handed over to the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Group (Vinacomin) in September after a trial period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a scorching heat wave dries up reservoirs, farmers can do nothing but wait, said Nguyen Thi Nam Linh, a farmer in Quang Nam Province's Dien Ban District.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands is the majestic highland with vast mountains and forests. It is also famous for delicious cuisines with special flavors.

VietNamNet Bridge – The police of Dak Lak province have discovered and destroyed more than 1,000 marijuana plants grown in the garden of a woman. The owner claimed that she grew marijuana to feed pigs and poultry.

The Central Highlands in general, Dak Lak province in particular, is facing the toughest drought in years. Ponds and lakes are dried to the bottom; fields are chapped; thousands of hectares of crops are being withered by thirst.

Fields are cracked, flowers wither, coffee gardens are burned, people have to skim sips of water from the Ba River to use… This is the current situation of people in the Central Highlands in this year's drought.

Drought has occurred early this year in the Central Highlands causing water shortage to hit residents and thousands of hectares of rice and coffee plants.

Many investors had to sacrifice their projects for the Ke Ga Port while many others have invested in projects in order to serve the future port. Now, the port project is cancelled, making investors cry.

The Government is continuously pushing for the application of advanced technology in bauxite mining in a bid to make the process more environmentally friendly and to enhance socio-economic efficiency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forest fires seared through hectares of trees in the Central Highlands and southern regions, forcing localities to take urgent preventive measures.

Reasoning that the output of alumina of the Tan Rai and Nhan Co bauxite factories is low, it is unnecessary to build the deep water port of Ke Ga in Binh Thuan province.

A drought that began unusually at the end of September last year in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region has destroyed thousands of hectares of crops.