Hoang Anh Gia Lai University Medical Hospital begins phase 2 of high-tech expansion

Youth organizations across the province coordinated a series of large-scale social welfare programs from January 30 to February 1 to support disadvantaged households, children, young workers, and border communities ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Students from Nguyen Du Secondary School received the “Overcoming Adversity” award at the final round of the VEX Robotics Competition held in Hanoi from January 31 to February 1, 2026.

As the dry season sets in across western Gia Lai province, local forest management units have deployed early and extensive prevention measures amid rising risks of wildfires driven by hot and dry weather.

Vietnam on January 29 launched a USD 102.5 million project aimed at reducing emissions and improving climate resilience across the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, as pressure from deforestation and greenhouse gas output intensifies.

Gia Lai’s education authorities have called for sweeping, flexible, and comprehensive measures to accelerate reforms in the second semester of the 2025-2026 academic year, as the province prepares to implement major national policies on educational transformation.

Bong Son Regional General Hospital has accelerated the adoption of advanced surgical and diagnostic techniques in 2025, significantly improving treatment outcomes and meeting rising healthcare demand, hospital leaders said.

The Secretary of the Party Committee of Dien Hong Ward, Đoàn Hữu Dũng, on January 27 visited a family in particularly difficult circumstances, offering encouragement and financial assistance as local authorities pledged continued support.

Demand for Tet (Lunar New Year) 2026 gift baskets is rising across Việt Nam, with retailers reporting strong orders from corporate and individual buyers amid ongoing economic uncertainty.

Pham Thi Tam Anh, a 12th-grade English major at Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted in Gia Lai province, has won a consolation prize in Literature at the 2025–2026 National Excellent Student Competition, marking her third consecutive year on Vietnam’s national honor roll for the subject.

Young members of the Communist Party are taking on expanded responsibilities at the grassroots level, spearheading legal education, community support and cultural preservation initiatives across several localities, according to local Youth Union officials.

Gia Lai Province’s Vice Chairman Lâm Hải Giang on January 21 urged contractors and relevant agencies to accelerate construction of a multi-level boarding school project spanning seven border communes, insisting the work must be completed by July 30.

The provincial Science and Engineering Fair for secondary students, held from January 13–15 by the Department of Education and Training (DOET), showcased 120 projects from 235 students, reaffirming growing interest in scientific research across schools in Gia Lai Province.

Specialists from Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital on January 19 piloted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for patients at Hoang Anh Gia Lai University Medical Center in Hoi Phu Ward.

Gia Lai recorded a strong performance at Vietnam’s 2025-2026 National Excellent Student Selection Exam, with 120 of its 178 participating students winning awards across nine subjects, according to the provincial Department of Education and Training. 

Pleiku Ward in Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province on January 20 launched its annual competition to select outstanding lower secondary school homeroom teachers for the 2025–2026 academic year.

Women’s Union chapters across Gia Lai have rolled out a series of environmental, social welfare and community-building activities in recent days to mark the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, creating a province-wide emulation movement among members and local women.

Quy Nhon University’s Institute of Applied Science and Technology on January 16 signed a contract to transfer food-production technology to the Nem Chả Cô Út household business in Gia Lai Province, marking a five-month collaboration aimed at modernizing the facility’s giò chả and nem production.

Gia Lai province has rolled out a broad package of grassroots healthcare measures under Project 7, a 2021–2025 initiative aimed at improving physical fitness and stature among ethnic minorities while preventing child malnutrition, local health officials said.

A seminar aimed at improving mathematics teaching competencies for secondary school educators was held on January 18 at Asia Pacific International School Gia Lai (APC Gia Lai), bringing together more than 100 teachers from across the province.

Gladiolus growers in western Gia Lai are growing increasingly anxious as prolonged cold weather threatens to delay flowering just weeks before the Lunar New Year, a critical sales period for the ornamental crop.

The Youth Union of Gia Lai Power Company has delivered a “Lighting Up Rural Roads” project to residents of Duc Hung hamlet in Ia Nan commune, installing 15 solar-powered streetlights valued at 22.5 million VND (approximately USD 915).

After five years of implementing the National Target Program (NTP) for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, localities across Gia Lai have recorded marked progress, with living standards among ethnic minority communities.

A small coffee shop in Gia Lai province is attracting growing attention from young people with a non-profit consignment corner for handmade products, offering artisans a sales platform while giving customers a distinctive cultural experience.

Gia Lai province is intensifying efforts to send local workers abroad under contract, aiming to improve employment, raise incomes and enhance workforce quality, as it targets dispatching about 2,000 workers overseas in 2026.