“Every day Y Thoan Nie drives an elephant slowly around the villages of Dak Lak Province in the central highlands.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“The elephants devastated crops near the forest edge at Chu Se District in Gia Lai Province and Ea Hleo District in Dak Lak Province over the past three days.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“Visitors to the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak should make a side stop to Buon Don (Don Village), famous for its natural beauty and legends of wild elephants.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“The offender, Vu Thanh Thiem, who was caught in the process of admixing the bones to create a type of medicinal glue, said the 231 kilograms of bones came from his younger brother Vu Thanh Tue who had purchased a dead circus elephant.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“Located between two branches of the Serepok River in the province of Dak Lak, the villagers of Buon Don, also called Ban Don, have per-formed numerous elephant weddings.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“The People?s Committee of Dak Lak Province in the central highlands has approved a VND8.5 billion (US$528,500) project to preserve domesticated elephants in the region.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“A herd of over 20 elephants has been destroying large tracts of paddy and corn fields in Daklak province in Vietnam?s central highlands with authorities unable to find a way to chase the animals away.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“Deforestation and owners? callousness have taken a toll on elephant populations both in the wild and in captivity in Vietnam?s central highlands, sending the giant animals to the brink of extinction.” -Thanh Nien Daily

“International performance troupes and ethnic minority groups from Vietnam will participate in The Central Highlands Gong Culture Festival in a village famous for its domesticated elephants this October.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“A tame elephant killed its master Thursday in Daklak province in Vietnam?s central highlands by scooping him up with its trunk and hurling him down.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“A 25-year-old elephant, a beast that has taken part in ritual processions in Hue ancient capital died last Saturday with a water pipe lodged in its gullet, said local authorities Wednesday.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“Police in Quang Ninh northern province have discovered a car transporting around 117.5 kg of elephant tusks, a practice banned in Vietnam.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“Four wild elephants have been on a rampage in Vietnam?s central Nghe An province for the last 10 days, seriously injuring a man and destroying dozens of hectares of crops.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“Four elephants Wednesday morning destroyed over 15 ha of rice and crops in central Vietnam?s Quang Nam province, local authorities said.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“A group of four wild elephants on Tuesday ravaged a mountainous village of farmers in Vietnam?s central province Quang Nam, reported local authorities.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“A check stop in northern Vietnam uncovered a large cache of wild animal parts in a truck including 11 elephant tusks, while hundreds of kilograms of animals were seized in the south yesterday.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“A herd of about 15 wild elephants, seen for the first time in Central Highlands Gia Lai province, have destroyed 24ha of crops in Ia Pior commune, Chu Prong district since June 30.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“An amorous male elephant bumped into a female elephant while both were carrying tourists on their back in Vietnam’s central highlands, badly injuring three people.” - Thanh Nien Daily