Gia Lai approves fireworks display for 2026 Gong Festival

Recently, in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN) presented the 2026 Outstanding ASEAN Woman Entrepreneur Award to Ms. Đồng Thị Ánh, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of PISICO Bình Định Joint Stock Corporation.

Gia Lai province has proposed cooperation with Japan’s Haseko Group and Kubota Corporation on housing, urban development and high-tech agriculture, seeking investment and technology to support its development plans.

Gia Lai province has approved the investment policy for a supermarket project in Phu Cat commune with an estimated cost of more than VND 66.6 billion (approximately US$2.54 million). An investor will be selected through a land use rights auction.

Farmers in Gia Lai province are adopting certified production standards and forming sweet potato and cattle farming groups as they seek to improve product quality, strengthen market access and increase income.

English-language maths lessons at a remote school in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province are helping students become more confident in classroom discussions, providing a basis for extending the approach to natural science subjects.

Three youth leaders from Gia Lai province were among 70 Vietnam Youth Federation officials honoured at the 2026 Nguyễn Chí Thanh Awards for work supporting local communities, expanding access to digital services and helping young people find jobs.

FPT University student Đoàn Thị Hồng Như won third prize at the 2026 Southern Universities Chinese Language Eloquence Contest, whose final took place on the evening of October 16.

People’s credit funds in Gia Lai province are helping rural households finance farms and expand businesses, with all 33 funds reporting profitable operations, according to the Provincial Cooperative Alliance.

Gia Lai’s 846 certified OCOP products must maintain quality standards and meet labeling and traceability requirements as producers expand into retail networks, e-commerce and export markets, provincial officials and businesses say.

Gia Lai authorities have called for faster investment approvals and greater business investment in technology to help the province achieve double-digit economic growth.

Gia Lai aims to have 60,000–65,000 active enterprises by 2030, building on rapid business growth as the newly established province connects its highland agricultural economy with coastal ports, logistics and tourism.

The Gia Lai Young Entrepreneurs Association plans to launch a supply-chain pilot for businesses serving the wood processing and export sector, aiming to help five to 10 companies secure new orders or contracts in its first year.

Gia Lai’s Party chief Thai Dai Ngoc has called on local authorities to address obstacles and provide infrastructure support for a VND 3.615 trillion (approximately US$139 million) pig farming and animal feed complex, whose investors aim to complete construction within 12 months.

Gia Lai province has approved an ethanol plant investment by Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company (QNS) worth VND 1,741.844 billion (approximately US$69.7 million, using an indicative rate of VND 25,000 per US$1), with operations scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2028.

A first-year university student in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province has developed an artificial intelligence system designed to identify signs of eye disease in retinal images, building on a series of successes in national AI competitions.

Vietnam’s green transition must create new opportunities for economic growth while protecting people and securing essential resources, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung said on October 10.

Thinh Phat–Muyuan Gia Lai Co. Ltd. began construction on a VND 3.615 trillion ($144.6 million) pig farming and animal feed complex in Po To commune on October 11, as Gia Lai province seeks to expand industrial livestock production.

A new road in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province is shortening journeys for residents of remote Krong commune by nearly 11 kilometres, making it easier for farmers to transport produce to market and buy supplies.

More than 50 delegates from 20 countries and territories are attending the 45th International Conference on Physics in Collision in Gia Lai province, marking the event’s return to the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) after 10 years.

Vietnam’s Gia Lai province and Australia’s Darwin city agreed on October 2 to designate contact points and identify priority activities to advance cooperation, following talks covering trade, investment, education and tourism.

Schools in Gia Lai province are expanding opportunities for students to use English through clubs, presentations, bilingual programmes and community classes, supporting a provincial effort to gradually make it a second language in schools.

Gia Lai attracted 218 new investment projects with total registered capital exceeding VND192.719 trillion ($7.41 billion) in the first nine months of 2026, setting a new record for the province, according to the provincial Investment Promotion and Support Task Force.

Gia Lai province is standardising data on coffee and durian growing areas across 61 communes and wards to improve traceability and meet export market requirements as new rules simplify the issuance of growing-area codes.

Pharmacist Võ Minh Mơ, director of Huong Que B’RÊ Co., Ltd., has built her entrepreneurial journey around cinnamon, a key agricultural product of An Lão in Gia Lai province.