"My friends are up there" is a collection of many insightful and fascinating articles by writer Nguyen Ngoc about the Central Highlands, which are first and foremost the people of the Central Highlands. They are people who were born and raised, associated with the Central Highlands all their lives; they were people who came as strangers to the Central Highlands but then belonged to the Central Highlands forever; they are those who were named or unknown, had lived, worked, sang, narrated, danced, carved statues; they are those who created and practiced art every day; they are those who observed and studied; They are those who spent all year round in their villages and suddenly disappeared into the vastness... Thesse people make the Central Highlands truly the Central Highlands in all time spaces, in lifestyles, personalities, in material and cultural values.