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2.1.3.1. About traffic


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a. Road traffic: Connecting the Central Highlands provinces, including National Highway 20 connecting Da Lat City - the most important tourist city of the region with Ho Chi Minh City - the largest economic, commercial and tourist center of the country. National Highway 27 connecting Lam Dong from Krong No to Eo Gio bordering Ninh Thuan, 123 km long, meeting level 4 mountainous standards.

National Highway 28 is 108 km long, connecting Binh Thuan with Lam Dong and Dak Nong.

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National Highway 14 connects Kon Tum with Quang Nam, Da Nang City, Dak Lak,

Dak Nong and the Southeast provinces.


National Highway 55 runs through Bao Lam, Bao Loc and Binh Thuan districts, the road is paved with asphalt and concrete.

National Highway 19 connects to Quy Nhon Port, Binh Dinh, 180 km long, connecting to the northeastern provinces of Cambodia to the West. National Highway 25 connects Gia Lai with Phu Yen. National highways connecting the Central Highlands provinces with the Central Coast, Ho Chi Minh City, connecting the two neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia are very convenient for transporting goods to export ports and for tourism transportation.

In general, the road traffic system of the Central Highlands basically reaches level 4 and level 5 in mountainous areas. Although it has been restored and maintained, due to natural factors and repair budgets, many roads are severely degraded, making inter-regional traffic difficult.

In the road traffic development strategy of the Central Highlands, the Government has approved the Dau Giay - Da Lat expressway project with an investment capital of 1 billion USD; after completion, it will be an important strategic road connecting the two currently developing tourist cities of Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat. The 200 km long route is an important infrastructure of the region, passing through the two provinces of Dong Nai and Lam Dong, avoiding densely populated areas such as Phuong Lam town, Tan Phu (Dong Nai), Madagui,


Bao Loc City, Di Linh Town, Tung Nghia Town (Lam Dong) join the existing 19km highway. The Government has also agreed to invest in upgrading National Highway 20 from Da Lat to Ho Chi Minh City and National Highway 27 connecting Da Lat to Dak Lak.

b. Air: Lien Khuong Da Lat Airport is level 4B, with a runway 3524m long, 45m wide; aircraft parking area 23,100 m2, capacity 1.5 million - 2.5 million passengers/year. Lien Khuong Da Lat Airport can receive Boeing 767, A320, A321 aircraft, with peak hour frequency of 580 domestic passengers to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang as present, since 2015, opening flights to Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Korea...

Buon Ma Thuot Airport with a 3000m runway, 45m wide, can handle 120 passengers/hour, with a capacity of 800,000 passengers/year, 300 tons of cargo/year. Currently, there are flights to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang with A320, A321, ATR72 aircraft... In the near future, Buon Ma Thuot Airport will establish international flights to Southeast Asian countries.

Since March 2011, the Ministry of Transport has decided to invest in upgrading Pleiku airport with a capital of 2,200 billion, level from 3C to 4C with a runway 3,000m long, 45m wide, capable of receiving 330,000 passengers/year.

Thus, regarding aviation, the entire Central Highlands region has been invested in upgrading, meeting the travel needs and serving tourists with a team of aviation staff well equipped with expertise, professionalism and working spirit.

c. Railway: The 84 km long Da Lat - Phan Rang railway with 6 stations was built during the French period. It has not been used since 1975. Currently, the railway industry has restored nearly 10 km of the Da Lat - Trai Mat route to serve tourism. The Government has now allowed the restoration of the entire route for sightseeing and transportation. Lam Dong province is calling for foreign investment in the Da Lat - Thap Cham railway project with an investment capital of 320 million USD in the form of BOT investment.


2.1.3.2. Power supply system


The entire Central Highlands has a fairly stable power supply, including the 160 MW Da Nhim hydroelectric plant, the 300 MW Ham Thuan hydroelectric plant, the 175 MW Da My plant, the 31 MW Suoi Vang plant, the 300 MW Dai Ninh hydroelectric plant, and the 720 MW YALY plant. Nearly 98% of the communes in the Central Highlands have electricity, with many voltage levels of 220 kv, 110 kv, 66 kv, 35 kv, 31.5 kv. However, some lines have been built for many years, the service radius is too long and there is a large loss of electricity.

2.1.3.3. Water supply system


The water supply system for the 5 provinces is mainly provided by the Dong Nai River, Seropok River, Sesan River, etc. For the cities of Da Lat, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, etc., the capacity is stable, while in other localities, people mainly use drilled wells, and some districts still use spring water for daily life.

2.1.3.4. Postal and telecommunications system


The telecommunications network in the Central Highlands has undergone many positive changes in recent years. The postal and telecommunications industry has developed with modern technology and rapid production value. The entire region has a postal system, covering 90% of communes and wards, and a telephone system covering 90% of communes and wards. The Internet has developed rapidly to districts, towns and cities. This is a favorable factor for the development of economic sectors in general and tourism in particular.

2.1.4. Social infrastructure


2.1.4.1. Training and research facilities


The Central Highlands has 07 universities and university branches, 31 colleges and vocational high schools, 108 vocational training centers and facilities, 527 continuing education and community learning centers, 53 provincial and district-level ethnic boarding schools. Typical training and research facilities include:


- Dalat University was established in 1958 with 17 training faculties, a scale of 26 thousand students, the number of students graduating every year is nearly 3 thousand people. This is a school with traditional majors such as: Business Administration (before 1975), Nuclear Physics, Social Work - Community Development... The school has trained bachelors in tourism since 2007, with majors in restaurant management, hotel and travel tourism, with over 200 students graduating every year.

- Tay Nguyen University was established in 1976, with 20,000 students. This is a university with many ethnic minority students in the Central Highlands, with majors such as: Medicine, Economics, Agriculture and Forestry...

- Yersin Dalat Private University was established in 1997 with 7,000 students, training in Tourism, Environment, Biotechnology... The school trains in Tourism Business Administration, with more than 100 students graduating each year.

In addition, Lam Dong College of Economics and Technology, Da Lat Vocational College, and Tourism College (under the General Department of Tourism) annually train nearly 2,000 tourism students.

- Dalat Nuclear Research Institute was re-established after April 30, 1975, mainly serving nuclear science research and training. Dalat University and Dalat Nuclear Research Institute are training facilities for engineers for the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant.

In the Central Highlands, the labor market is annually provided with tens of thousands of engineers, bachelors, technicians, etc. to serve the socio-economic sectors. Currently, the Kon Tum branch of the University of Danang is training in Kon Tum province. Human resource training capacity is enhanced as a number of new facilities are being established. Lam Dong province has approved projects to build Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Ton Duc Thang University, etc. Lam Dong province has also allocated 600 hectares in Lac Duong district to call on international universities to invest in the field of higher education.


2.1.4.2. Medical and health care service facilities


The Central Highlands provinces have 97 general hospitals and regional clinics out of 707 medical facilities, 8,475 medical staff, including 2,402 doctors. All medical facilities in the Central Highlands provinces have 8,285 beds. Medical facilities ensure service for tourists, creating peace of mind for tourists. However, the response of the health sector is still limited, especially in remote areas, the gap and level of enjoyment of medical services between urban and rural areas are still different. Socialization of medical work has not received due attention.

2.1.4.3. Banking and credit system


The banking and credit institution system covers the Central Highlands provinces, in addition to state-owned commercial banks such as: Investment and Development Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank, Foreign Trade Bank, Agricultural and Rural Development Bank with branches in districts and communes serving investment, joint-stock commercial banks have developed quite rapidly due to development needs. Banks such as ACB, Techcombank, Dong A, SHB... have created a rich currency market, providing many services for tourists and investors in the area. Modern banking technology such as ATM system, electronic credit, Ebanking... has served well and conveniently for tourists.

2.1.5. Position of Central Highlands tourism in Vietnam's tourism system


2.1.5.1. Comparative advantages of Central Highlands tourism


Nature has endowed the Central Highlands with rich and diverse natural resources, with 9 adjacent plateaus, creating 3 sub-regions of terrain with 3 sub-regions of climate from low to high, no place in Vietnam has a climate regime as diverse as the Central Highlands. The terrain of the Central Highlands not only functions to preserve soil, climate, and hydropower but is also a living museum of flora and fauna. The Central Highlands itself holds within it a treasure trove of culture, history, especially folk culture that is not mixed with other cultures, which is an important factor for the development of cultural, historical, and ecological tourism.


Central Highlands tourism has a comparative advantage over many other localities in the country in competing and dominating the market, including a favorable geographical location and outstanding tourism resources due to a relatively diverse and developed infrastructure system.

The tourist location is adjacent to the key economic development area in the South (Ho Chi Minh City - Binh Duong - Dong Nai - Ba Ria Vung Tau - Long An) where there is the largest international airport in the country, an important seaport and international border gate; is a pole of the tourist center of Nha Trang - Ninh Chu - Da Lat. The Central Highlands is also located near the developing economic region of the Central Coast, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan. Favorable conditions for economic development, opportunities for growth of international tourist sources from developed regions and from three countries: Laos, Cambodia, Thailand. The Central Highlands has a special position as the common home of the three Indochinese countries, the gateway to Southeast Asian countries and the world.

2.1.5.2. About tourism resources


The Central Highlands provinces have beautiful natural landscapes, a mild, cool climate all year round, attracting all types of tourism.

Central Highlands tourism is rich and diverse, a rare mountainous tourist area.

in our country and in the world.


The Central Highlands has famous tourist destinations such as Da Lat City, Buon Ma Thuot City, Pleiku City with famous architectural heritages, beautiful landscapes, with a history of formation and development of more than 100 years, are famous tourism brands at home and abroad, have a stable traditional market and a potential international market.

The Central Highlands has a rich and unique treasure of folk culture, with traditional festivals all year round and many unexploited mysteries that are factors that attract tourists.


In Southeast Asia, there is no destination with the most attractive type of resort and eco-tourism like Da Lat and some areas of the Central Highlands. Therefore, tourism in the Central Highlands is an attractive destination for tourism in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

2.1.5.3. About infrastructure


The infrastructure of the Central Highlands is quite developed, especially after the implementation of Resolution 10-NQ/TN of the Politburo on socio-economic development and ensuring security and defense in the Central Highlands in the 2001-2010 period. The national highway system connecting the Central Highlands with Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast, the South and the South Central provinces has been invested in and upgraded; creating connections and convenient traffic for the economic development of the region with other localities. The Government has invested in and upgraded Lien Khuong airport, Buon Ma Thuot airport and Pleiku airport to improve air transport capacity for the Central Highlands. Vietnam Electricity Group has connected the Dai Ninh hydropower plant to the national grid to increase the power supply capacity for the region and the country, ensuring electricity for daily life and tourism activities. The Ministry of Education and Training has upgraded 4 colleges and will establish 2 more universities, increasing the capacity to train human resources for the entire region in the 2010-2020 period.

2.1.5.4. Position and role of Central Highlands tourism in regional and national development strategy

The strategy and master plan for Vietnam's tourism development to 2010, adjusted to 2020, orients the development of tourism space according to 3 regions, six centers and seven key tourism development areas.

Central Highlands tourism belongs to the South Central and Southern tourist regions, one of three national tourist regions.

With advantages in climate and natural landscape, favorable location for communication, unique culture, Central Highlands tourism holds a very important position in the tourism development strategy of Vietnam; of the South Central and Southern tourist regions. Central Highlands


Located in the strongly developing tourist triangle of Ho Chi Minh City - Da Lat - Nha Trang, it is the driving force for the development of the whole region.

The Central Highlands with Da Lat City is identified as one of the 12 tourist cities of the country. Central Highlands tourism is located on the important national tourist routes of the "legendary Ho Chi Minh trail", the "Central Highlands green road" and the "Central heritage road".

Therefore, Central Highlands tourism plays a very important role in the development of Vietnam tourism.

2.1.5.5. Socio-economic conditions


Implementing the Resolution of the 10th National Congress of the Party; Resolution 10-NQ/TN of the Politburo on socio-economic development and ensuring security and defense in the Central Highlands region for the period 2001-2010; Decision No. 25/2008/QD-TTg stipulating a number of mechanisms and policies to support socio-economic development for the Central Highlands provinces until 2010. Thanks to the correct policies of the Party and the State, with the efforts of the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in the region, the Central Highlands economy has had fundamental changes in many fields. The economy has continuously grown, the economic structure has shifted in a positive direction, industrial production has developed, the capacity for processing agricultural, forestry and food products has been improved; infrastructure has been gradually improved and developed...

In 2008, the region's GDP increased by 14%, the average income per capita (current price) reached 11,846 million VND/person, the poverty rate in the region was 15.5%. In the period 2005 - 2008, the region mobilized and disbursed 74,181 billion VND of investment capital, of which the budget capital reached about 34% [5].

Over the past ten years, the implementation of Resolution 10-NQ/TN of the Politburo has brought a new economic and social appearance and political stability to the Central Highlands. With the investment of the state, the economic restructuring process has achieved impressive results. In 2001, the average income per capita was only 2.9 million VND, but in 2010 it increased to 15.5 million VND, equal to 67% of the national average. Value

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