A chain bridge built in 2006 by the South Central Highlands Oil and Gas Company has enabled the ethnic people of Lieng hamlet to cultivate 90 ha of land on the other side of the river, boosting the local economy. Hamlet chief Ama Toan said the company has also provided long term maintenance for the bridge and given local people animals and plants to improve their living conditions. He said: "The company’s financial support and technical assistance has contributed significantly to improving local people’s production and living standard. The local government has won our trust with appropriate policies to boost the local economy."

The disadvantaged Pai Ar hamlet in Dac Phoi commune has also seen improvements thanks to support from of the 2/9 import-export company. Local ethnic people, whose major food source used to be forest vegetables, now enjoy average living conditions. Y Than Long Tung is a hamlet official: "The company has taught local people to grow coffee, paddy rice, and other crops. We now have much better living conditions. Many households have escaped poverty and some are even becoming well-off."

The Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company has given Ea Na hamlet in Krong Anna commune 200,000 USD to help it escape poverty. Farming knowhow acquired from training courses has helped the local people double their coffee production and improved their lives. Y Piek Enuon, head of Ea Na commune, said: "We’ve received significant support from the company. For example, the company allowed us to defer fertilizer payments, upgraded the local electricity system, and built cultural houses and sports fields. The number of poor households has declined significantly since 2004. The company even cooperated with the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences to organize workshops to provide us with valuable technical farming information."

Dak Lak province has succeeded in persuading 176 central and 1300 district agencies and businesses to get involved in helping 607 local hamlets escape poverty and develop. Nguyen Van Su, deputy head of the Dak Lak provincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission, said: "You can see significant improvements in people’s living conditions in local ethnic hamlets. In the future, businesses will focus their support on helping local ethnic people stabilize their production and reduce the number of poor households 2% each year."

Over the past decade, Dak Lak agencies and businesses have spent over 4 million USD helping local ethnic people upgrade their infrastructure and providing good breeding stock to improve their farming and husbandry production.