Mega concert ignites National Tourism Year - Gia Lai 2026 opening night

French has become the fourth most spoken language in the world, with the number of speakers rising sharply from 321 million in 2022 to 396 million in 2025, according to a new report.

Gia Lai province has unveiled a new initiative to strengthen reading culture and lifelong learning, as its Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Education and Training agreed to implement a joint library cooperation program for 2026–2030.

A village in Vietnam’s Central Highlands marked the inauguration of a new communal Rong house on March 22, combining traditional rituals with efforts to boost community-based tourism.

Festivals held during the first and second lunar months across eastern communes and wards are drawing large numbers of visitors, as communities celebrate the new year while showcasing traditional cultural heritage during the National Tourism Year 2026.

An amateur photographer from the United Kingdom has won the top prize at the 2026 Photographer of the Year competition with a striking image captured in Vietnam, organisers announced.

Gia Lai province will pilot a new tourism model, the “Gia Lai Coffee & Culture Weekend Market”, from March to August 2026 in Pleiku Ward, as part of efforts to diversify tourism offerings and attract visitors during the National Tourism Year - Gia Lai 2026.

The “Vietnam-France Encounter 2026” exhibition opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday, bringing together dozens of artists from both countries in a cross-cultural showcase of contemporary art.

The National Tourism Year - Gia Lai 2026 will officially open on March 28 with a large-scale live art performance, a mega concert featuring leading young artists, and a fireworks display, organisers said.

Gia Lai’s signature dried phở (Vietnamese noodle soup) and traditional dishes from the Jrai and Bahnar ethnic communities will take the spotlight at the Gia Lai Culinary Festival, part of the opening week of National Tourism Year 2026, bringing the culinary heritage of Central Highlands to visitors.

Gia Lai Province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands is marking Lunar New Year with vibrant traditions upheld by northern ethnic minority communities who migrated south decades ago.

Phú Thiện commune in Gia Lai is home to four Meritorious Artisans from ethnic minority groups, all of whom have devoted their lives to safeguarding forms of intangible cultural heritage, rituals, music, weaving and traditional crafts, that still shape daily life in the Central Highlands.

An art program celebrating the 24th Vietnam Poetry Day opened on 2 March at the Twin Towers Relic Site in Quy Nhon Ward, drawing provincial leaders, artists and a large audience.

A charity concert in Gia Lai Province raised more than 300 million VND (approximately 12,000 USD) on March 1, generating funds for community development, education support, and disaster relief efforts in the region and other localities.

Residents of the coastal community of Nhơn Hải opened their annual Thanh Minh Festival on 27 February with a series of ancestral rites at the Phương Mai communal house, maintaining traditions passed down through generations.

Gia Lai province opened its annual Khai Sơn Cầu Ngư (Mountain opening and whale worship) Festival on February 25, bringing thousands of residents and visitors to the Lăng Ông Nam Hải - Vạn Đầm Xương Lý in the Lý Chánh quarter of Quy Nhơn Đông ward.

The People’s Committee of Gia Lai has issued Plan No. 78/KH-UBND outlining a series of initiatives for 2026 to preserve and promote the value of the Central Highlands Gong Cultural Space heritage.

The anniversaries of the Tây Sơn peasant movement and the Ngọc Hồi–Đống Đa victory have renewed attention on Emperor Thái Đức Nguyễn Nhạc, the leader who initiated the 1771 uprising and laid the political foundations for the Tây Sơn dynasty. 

Beneath long-standing bamboo groves in Nhơn Hòa, a commune in An Nhơn, memories of village life linger in the aroma of Bàu Đá rice wine, an enduring symbol of a land shaped by centuries of change.

A grassroots podcast launched by a group of young creators in Gia Lai is emerging as a rare space for local youth to speak candidly about pressures, ambitions and the uncertainties of early adulthood.

(GLO) – With the arrival of spring and the golden apricot blossoms in bloom, the Gò Găng conical hat craft village (An Nhơn Bắc Ward, Gia Lai Province) is filled with joy, as the rhythmic tapping of hat-making and the cheerful chatter of villagers create a lively atmosphere.

Following an administrative merger set to take effect on July 1, 2025, Gia Lai province will span 21,576 square kilometres, becoming the country’s second largest province, with a population of 3.5 million. 

(GLO) – After turning 30, Gia Lai-born actress Lê Hạ Anh has chosen not to chase the dazzling spotlight, but instead quietly makes her mark through deeply nuanced roles.

Crowds gathered in the early spring mist on the first morning of the Lunar New Year for the annual Gò Market Spring Festival, a centuries-old fair where trade is guided less by profit than by wishes for peace and prosperity.

Thousands of residents and visitors gathered at two central squares in Gia Lai province on the evening of February 16 to welcome the Year of the Horse 2026 with a New Year’s Eve art program and a 15-minute fireworks display.