On the evening of October 12th, the final round and award ceremony of the 1st Dak Lak Start-up Contest was held at Daklak Cultural Center. This event was broadcast live on Dak Lak Radio and Television Broadcasting.

In 5 days from October 13th – 18th, 2018, Dak Lak’s delegation, led by Mr. Pham Minh Tan, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Chairman of the provincial People's Committee with the participation of representatives of the provincial departments, branches and Young Entrepreneurs Association, visited and worked in Thailand.

On the afternoon of October 10th, Organizing Board of Dak Lak Start-up Contest (Contest) in 2018 under the chair of Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh - Alternate member of the Central Party Committee, Standing Deputy Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Board, held a meeting to prepare content and program for the final round of the Contest.

On October 9th, the 16th conference of Dak Lak provincial Party Executive Committee (extended) was held by the provincial Party Standing Committee with the attandance of Mr. Eban Y Phu – Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Mr. Pham Minh Tan – Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Mr. Tran Quoc Cuong – Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Mr. Pham Ngoc Nghi – Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the PPC; and members of the provincial Party Committee, representatives of Departments, sectors, branches, organizations and localities in the province.

On the morning of October 6th, Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Association launched the "Competition of Vietnam’s specialty coffee quality 2019" and the training course on processing and tasting specialty coffee. Attending the launching ceremony were the leaders of Western Highlands Agro-Forestry Scientific and Technical Institute (WASI), coffee productions enterprises inside and outside the province, coffee experts.

On October 8th, the Standing Committee of the provincial People's Council held a regular meeting under the chair of Mr. Tran Vinh Canh – Vice Chairman of the PPC to evaluate the performance of tasks in September as well as deploy the tasks in October 2018.