Official extends greetings to Khmer people on Chol Chnam Thmay festival
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 in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on April 9.
Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh extends greetings and best wishes to the Khmer ethnic community in Kien Giang on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay festival. (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic MinorityAffairs Hau A Lenh attended a get-together to celebrate the Chol Chnam Thmay festival of Khmer people in theMekong Delta province of Kien Giang on April 9.
Inhis speech, the official extended greetings and best wishes to the Khmer ethniccommunity on the occasion of their traditional New Year festival, stressing thatthanks to the attention from the Party and State, and sectors and localauthorities, the material and spiritual lives of the Khmer people continue toimprove, and rural areas gets a facelift.
He expressedhis belief that the local Khmer people and monks will continue to uphold theirpatriotism, promote national solidarity, and embrace the spirit of self-reliance,diligence, and enthusiasm in their labour and production efforts to build prosperousand happy lives.
The official urged the community to make great efforts and stay united with other ethnic groups tocomplete socio-economic development goals of the locality for 2024.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Luu Trung highlighted achievements by local officials, soldiers, and people, including thesignificant contributions by the Khmer people, and touched upon economic, cultural, social, defence and security situation,and key projects in the locality.
The Youth Union of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang organises a gathering and gift-giving event for Cambodian and Lao students studying in the locality (Photo: VNA)
According to DanhPhuc, head of the provincial Committee of Ethnic Affairs, the rate of poor andnear poor Khmer households decreased to 2.68%, and 4.08%, respectively.
Most Venerable Danh Dong, Chairman of theExecutive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha chapter in Kien Giang, expresseddetermination to continue promoting the spirit of solidarity and the tradition of patriotism, as well as developing the contingent of intellectuals among the Khmer youths,thus contributing to accelerating the locality’s prosperous development.
The sameday, the Youth Union of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang also organised agathering and gift-giving event for Cambodian and Lao students studying inthe locality, as well as for Khmer ethnic youth union members on the occasionof the traditional festivals Chol Chnam Thmay and Bunpimay in 2024./.
Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 11 visited and offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries, monks and followers at Thom Mit and Prolai Meas pagodas in Tinh Bien township, ahead of Khmer ethnic minority people’s traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay.
The Chol Chnam Thmay Festival of the Khmer ethnic minority people usually takes place around mid-April every year, expressing their wish for a new year with favourable weather and bumper crops. This year, the festival takes place from April 14 to 16, 2023.
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Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh extends greetings and best wishes to the Khmer ethnic community in Kien Giang on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay festival. (Photo: VNA) 
The Youth Union of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang organises a gathering and gift-giving event for Cambodian and Lao students studying in the locality (Photo: VNA) 
