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Poor Khmer households in An Giang given gifts on Chol Chnam Thmay Festival

Hundreds of poor households of the Khmer ethnic minority group in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 7 received gifts from the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Loc Troi Group JSC and the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Association (VCBA) on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) Festival.
Poor Khmer households in An Giang given gifts on Chol Chnam Thmay Festival ảnh 1Poor Khmer households in An Giang given gifts on the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival. (Photo: VNA)
An Giang (VNA) – Hundreds of poor households of theKhmer ethnic minority group in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 7received gifts from the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Loc Troi Group JSC and the Vietnam-Cambodia BusinessAssociation (VCBA) on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay (NewYear) Festival.

Up to 500 packages of gifts were presented tothe disadvantaged households, each worth 600,00 VND (24USD), comprising 10 kg of rice and 300,000 VND in cash, at a ceremonyheld in O Lam commune of Tri Ton district.

VCBA Chairman Oknha Leng Rithy said the gooddeed demonstrates sentiments towards impoverished people in theprovince, particularly the Khmer ethnic minority group. He also senthis wishes to local Khmer people on the occasion ofthe Chol Chnam Thmay Festival. 

Pham Tuan Khai, Secretary of the Party Committeeand Chairman of the People's Committee of O Lam commune, extended hishope that the solidarity and and “good neighbourliness, traditionalfriendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-termsustainability” between Vietnam and Cambodia as well asbetween the VCBA and An Giang province will further flourish in thecoming time./.
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