Vietnam Travel - Dak Lak

Rice fields
Dak Lak Province in the highlands Dak Lak, one in 3 of the Central Highlands, have high average 400 - 800m compared the sea, north and northeast border with Gia Lai, the southern borders Lam Dong, the western borders with Cambodia and Dak Nong province, the east borders Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa.

Dak Lak province has a natural area in the country. High mountain areas from 1000 - 1.200m occupying 35% area of the province. Highlander Buon Ma 450m high, accounting for 53.5%, red soil fertility, with fairly flat for the development of industrial plants long, animal husbandry and forestry. Hole alluvium (12%) in rice and natural grass. Forest Dak Lak has reserves of wood is plentiful and many rare animals such as elephants, tigers, newspapers, bear, deer, boar, in the forest. Buon Ma Thuot is a hot destination for foreign visitors during their Vietnam Travel vacations.

Song Serepok
Dak Lak has the main river systems: Three rivers, river Serepok (branches Krong Bong, Krong Pak, Krong Ana, Krong No ...) and some other smaller river branches. Many high-exploitation of fishery resources are large hydropower exploitation as exploitation: H'Linh Dray, Kuop Trafficking. Much like a big lake Lak, Ea Kao Lake, Lake Ea Sup, a Dakmin ... provide irrigation water and fresh water fisheries for the province.

Climate: This region is relatively mild, the average temperature in 24 º C, in hot and cold most only difference average 5 º C. Weather and rainfall dependent seasonal. Dry season from 11 months to 4 years later, slightly more wind and cold weather drought, many dry shallow ravine. Rainy season from 5 months to 10 years, water is very large, many years been flooding affecting traffic.

Potential for tourism development

The member countries Dak Lak
Dak Lak to tourists can visit waterfall Thuy Tien, the lake as a dreaming Lak, Buon Triet lake, Lake Ea Kao; forests and resources - National Park Yok Don, who is the forest Ea Kao, Trafficking in Don popular with professional and ready to pure road with, the historic Cham towers as 13 centuries, in particular former Hoang Bao Dai, prison Buon Ma or learn cultural life of ethnic minorities.

Ethnic, religious

Land of this culture is quite traditional in many diverse ethnic features bold tradition and style. It also kept many people pho touchstone mouth is unique as to test long-San Ðam thousands me. The law of the ancient architecture of the floor, the empty and the crypt also contains the full mystery attractions. The music instruments nation has long since become famous and the pride of the highland region, the folk culture of Vietnam: the stone out of M'Nong (Lak district), Forum T'rung , Klong put out, pipe, Ken, why ...

If the right opportunity, visitors will attend the festival is a unique resource of the time. In festivals, the trade village handheld dancing together around the shock of rhythm, chieng.

Transportation

Fell six Buon Ma Thuot
System network traffic is quite convenient, the national highway 14 to Pleiku - Gia Lai (180km), Dak Nong and the city. Ho Chi Minh City, Highway 26 to Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa (190km); Highway 27 to Da Lat - Lam Dong (395km).

The city of Buon Ma is located in the most populous Central Highlands, the 536m high, the 1.390km Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh months. Ho Chi Minh 360km.

Dak Lak: Wild elephants destroy fields, threaten locals

In Ia Lop valley, people mainly live by planting wet rice, corn and fruit trees. In recent days, wild elephants have destroyed the fields of many families. Elephant footprints are dense in the fields. The largest footprints are nearly 0.5m in depth and 40-45cm in diameter.

“We invested more than VND3 million in 1.2ha of rice but those elephants destroyed our field totally. We’ve lost everything!” said a woman in Ia Lop. Many families here are in the same situation.

The elephants have not only destroyed crops but also pulled down many field watch-towers of local farmers.

Local residents have reported the situation to local authorities but they haven’t come up with an effective measure to ward off the elephants yet.

Vi Van Binh, Chairman of Ia Lop commune, said that sometimes wild elephants ‘visited’ his commune but this time they were very cruel. The local government has told locals to not hurt this rare species of animal.

IGE delegation visits Dak Lak

The province has granted land to a number of religious organisations to enable them to build places of worship.

The province has created favourable conditions for four local Protestant churches to build oratories and has provided three local churches with plots of land of between 1,500 -2,000 sq.m to build places of worship and religious activities.

The Dak Lak authorities have officially recognised 21 local churches and 176 Protestant groups, ordained 12 Pastors and facilitated Pastors’ religious activities in the locality.

Dr. Chris Seiple exchanged views with the province on matters relating to jurisdiction and religion at the local level and the possibility for implementation of humanitarian aid projects run by Global Venture. Inc (GVI), in accordance with local demand.

The delegation also visited a number of local areas of great beauty and places of worship, plus religious dignitaries in the locality.

Woodworking training centre opens in Daklak

The center will provide short-term practical training in modern woodworking technology to laborers and technicians, as well as courses for individuals and managers.

Its steering committee will base their training and development activities on the National Forestry Development Strategy, as well as the Provincial Strategy for the Protection and Development of Forests and the Wood Processing Industry.

The 1,000sqm, state-of the-art training and development center was jointly financed by several organizations including the Daklak Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Daklak Forestry Science and Technology Association and Truong Thanh Furniture Corporation.

GTZ's support of the center is part of the Vietnamese-German Forestry Program that was established in October 2005 to improve the efficiency and sustainability of forest management and industries in Vietnam.