Đắk Lắk () is a province in the Central Highlands region of Central Vietnam. It borders Gia Lai to the north, Khánh Hòa to the east, Lâm Đồng to the south, and Mondulkiri of Cambodia to the west. It is home to some indigenous ethnic minorities, such as the Rade, the Jarai and the Mnong, among others.
On June 12, 2025, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15, which took effect the same day, merging Phú Yên Province into Đắk Lắk Province.
Etymology
The name comes from the Mnong (a Mon-Khmer language) word dak Lak (, which sounds similar to "Đác Lác" in Vietnamese), literally "Lak Lake", referring to the largest freshwater lake in the province. The word dak means "water" or "lake", and is a cognate of the Vietnamese nước/nác ("water"). among others, have also been used. The Daklak Guest House, for example, inconsistently uses Daklak and Đắk Lắk. Linguist Nguyễn Minh Hoạt has argued that a sensible spelling would be Dak Lăk, based on the ground that lak means dermatophytosis in Rade (an unrelated language of the Austronesian family), whilst also citing the Mnong origin as the basis for the dak part of the spelling.