Kien Giang extends greetings to Cambodia on Chol Chnam Thmay festival
Delegations from the southern province of Kien Giang have visited, extended greetings, and presented gifts to localities, agencies, and armed forces in Cambodia on the occasion of their Chol Chnam Thmay festival.
The delegation of the Border Guard Command of Kien Giang province present gifts to the Military Sub-Region of Shihanouk province, Cambodia. (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – Delegations fromthe southern province of Kien Giang have visited, extended greetings, andpresented gifts to localities, agencies, and armed forces in Cambodia on theoccasion of their Chol Chnam Thmay festival.
꧋ Heads of the delegations offered best regard and wishes to the Cambodian side and emphasised thatVietnam and Cambodia are neighbours with a long history and traditionalsolidarity.
Every year, on the occasion of the traditionalNew Year of each country, leaders of Cambodian bordering provinces/cities andarmed forces and Kien Giang province send delegations to visit and extend NewYear wishes as an annual practice to tighten the two sides’ solidarity and friendship.
🥃 Kien Giang and Cambodia’s border provinceshave kept promoting exchanges and cooperation in various fields includingculture, trade, tourism, people-to-people exchanges, and search and repatriation ofremains of Vietnamese experts and volunteers who died in the Cambodianbattlefield. Especially, the localities coordinate to ensure security andsafety along the two countries’ borders.
Receiving the Vietnamese delegations, Cambodian representatives thanked Kien Giangprovincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and itsVietnam Fatherland Front for their greetings. They emphasised the valuable traditions and good neighbourship of thetwo countries and peoples./.
On the occasion of the Bunpimay Festival of Laos and the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of Cambodia, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has sent letters and flowers of greetings to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Cambodian Senate Hun Sen.
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Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh attended a get-together to celebrate the Chol Chnam Thmay festival of Khmer people held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 10.
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The delegation of the Border Guard Command of Kien Giang province present gifts to the Military Sub-Region of Shihanouk province, Cambodia. (Photo: VNA) 
