Tay Nguyen is an area with plateau topography including provinces ranked in geographical order from the North to the South, including Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The Central Highlands is a region in central Vietnam. The Central Highlands together with the North Central Coast and the South Central Coast form Central Vietnam.
Tay Nguyen is a highland region, bordering Quang Nam province to the north, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan provinces to the east, Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc provinces to the south, and Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc provinces to the west. borders the provinces of Attapeu (Laos) and Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri (Cambodia). While Kon Tum has a western border with both Laos and Cambodia, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Dak Nong only share a border with Cambodia. As for Lam Dong, there is no international border. If the area of Tay Nguyen is equal to the total area of the 5 provinces here, Tay Nguyen region is about 54.7 thousand km² wide.[1]
In fact, the Central Highlands is not the only plateau but a series of adjacent plateaus. These are the Kon Tum plateau about 500 meters high, Kon Plong, Kon Ha Nung, Pleiku about 800 m high, M'Drak about 500 m high, Buon Ma Thuot about 500 m high, Mo Nong about 800–1000 m high, Lam Vien plateau. about 1500m high, Bao Loc and Di Linh about 900–1000m high. All these plateaus are surrounded to the East by mountains and the main massif is Truong Son Nam.
Tay Nguyen can be divided into three topographical sub-regions and three climatic sub-regions, including the North Central Highlands (corresponding to Kon Tum and Gia Lai provinces), the Central Highlands (corresponding to Dak Lak and Dak Lak provinces and Dak Nong), South Central Highlands (corresponding to Lam Dong province). Tay Nguyen has a lower elevation and higher temperature than the Northern and Southern sub-regions.
With the characteristics of red basalt soil at an altitude of about 500 m to 600 m above sea level, Tay Nguyen is very suitable for industrial crops such as coffee, cocoa, pepper, and mulberry. Cashew and rubber trees are also being developed here. Coffee is the number one important industrial crop in Tay Nguyen. Tay Nguyen is also the second largest rubber growing area after the Southeast and is exploiting bauxite ore mines. Tay Nguyen is also an area in Vietnam that still has a lot of forest areas with diverse biota, rich mineral reserves that are almost untapped and great tourism potential, the Central Highlands can be considered the roof of the Central region. , has a great protective function. However, deforestation, destruction of natural resources and indiscriminate exploitation of forest products can lead to the risk of forest depletion and environmental and ecological changes.
Confusing geographical location: Currently, many people living in Vietnam confuse the Tay Nguyen as a separate region, not belonging to any region. However, Tay Nguyen is one of the three sub-regions in Central - Vietnam, or West - Central, including 5 provinces: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong.
* Climate:
Located in the Tropical Savanna, the climate in the Tay Nguyen is divided into two seasons: the rainy season from May to the end of October and the dry season from November to April, in which March and April are two hot and dry months. Best. Due to the influence of altitude, while in the 400–500 m high plateau, the climate is relatively cool and rainy, especially in the high plateau above 1000 m, the climate is cool all year round, characteristic of the high mountain climate. .
