President Luong attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Central Highlands renovation and development, held to mark the Congress of Great Unity of Central Highland Ethnic Groups in Pleiku. The exhibition reflects the results of the unity among ethnic groups in the Central Highlands under the Party's leadership, particularly over the past 20 years of renovation, as well as characters of the Central Highlands people.

The President expressed his pleasure at seeing the achievements recorded by Central Highlanders, including high economic growth rate over recent years, great achievements in poverty reduction and education with many localities reaching illiteracy eradication and universal primary education targets. A system of boarding schools for ethnic minority students has been established and developed in all the five Central Highlands provinces while the ethnic group's culture, including their gong culture, have been preserved and developed, Mr Luong said.

In the afternoon, President Luong visited Tra Da Industrial Zone in Pleiku – the biggest IZ of Gia Lai. Since its operation in 2003, the IZ has attracted 30 investment projects with a total capital of VND200 billion, employing more than 4,000 local workers.