The Khmer of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang rang in the New Year, CholChnam Thmay, with extra joy thanks to a bumper crop and benefits from Party andState social welfare policies.
The Chol Chnam Thmay Festival, whichbegins after the year’s first harvest, fell on April 13-16 this year.
The celebration featured many cultural programmes, includingperformances of traditional dance and music.
From April 11-13, theprovincial authorities also visited and presented gifts to 65 Khmer pagodas andto veterans, heroic mothers and local academics, as well as cadres and familiesthat served during the war.
The authorities praised contributions byKhmer monks, Achas and all Khmer people to national liberation in the past andto the current cause of socio-economic development.
Over the past fewyears, with the Party and State’s policies, nearly 90,000 Khmer in An Giangprovince have received special attention and incentives to upgrade ruralinfrastructure, including schools, medical stations, roads, bridges andelectricity.
Tens of thousands of Khmer households have benefited fromthe government’s policies and programmes, such as Programme 135, aimed atreducing poverty in extremely disadvantaged communes around the country, andProgramme 134, which provides housing and land for ethnic minorities. As aresult, many poor Khmer households have escaped from poverty, and others havebeen granted houses and received land and jobs./.
The Chol Chnam Thmay Festival, whichbegins after the year’s first harvest, fell on April 13-16 this year.
The celebration featured many cultural programmes, includingperformances of traditional dance and music.
From April 11-13, theprovincial authorities also visited and presented gifts to 65 Khmer pagodas andto veterans, heroic mothers and local academics, as well as cadres and familiesthat served during the war.
The authorities praised contributions byKhmer monks, Achas and all Khmer people to national liberation in the past andto the current cause of socio-economic development.
Over the past fewyears, with the Party and State’s policies, nearly 90,000 Khmer in An Giangprovince have received special attention and incentives to upgrade ruralinfrastructure, including schools, medical stations, roads, bridges andelectricity.
Tens of thousands of Khmer households have benefited fromthe government’s policies and programmes, such as Programme 135, aimed atreducing poverty in extremely disadvantaged communes around the country, andProgramme 134, which provides housing and land for ethnic minorities. As aresult, many poor Khmer households have escaped from poverty, and others havebeen granted houses and received land and jobs./.
