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Geocultural subregion of Vietnam
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The Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) of Vietnam are a distinct contrast from the tropical south, with an arid climate, rolling hills, and blue skies. The region sees few foreign visitors, and many of them go to revisit old battlefields or see the indigenous tribes.
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Surrounded by coffee plantation
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Pleiku · Regional · PXU
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A good resting spot between Ho Chi Minh City and Dalat
The home of the most famous Vietnamese coffee
The old French hill-station with "eternal" spring climate
Gia Nghia (Gia Nghĩa) is in Dak Nong Province, Central Highlands (Vietnam).
Kham Duc is in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
Where communal life centers around the towering rong-houses
A small town near border crossing to Laos (Bo Y)
Pleiku is a city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and the capital of the province Gia Lai.
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