The province's delegation of National Assembly deputies, in coordination with relevant agencies, presented 600 gifts across 11 communes, including 100 in Tap Son commune and 50 in each of the others. The programme, worth 300 million VND (11,300 USD), was funded by Agribank’s Vinh Long branch.
Beyond cultural significance, the programme translated policies on ethnic and religious affairs into concrete actions, helping to improve livelihoods and reinforce close ties between the armed forces and the people.
Effective production models, access to preferential credit, and practical support policies have helped raise incomes and living standards, making this year’s celebrations warmer and more fulfilling.
Vice Chairman Vu Hong Thanh called on Party committees and authorities in Can Tho to continue implementing ethnic policies, encourage people to restructure production, develop modern cooperative models, and use science and technology in farming to adapt to climate change.
From April 14–16, 2025, the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival of the Southern Khmer people takes place with many distinctive traditional activities, all in hopes of a new year filled with luck and prosperity.
HCM City always values and does its utmost to preserve, strengthen, and promote the sound relations with Cambodia in general and its localities in particular, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Thi Dieu Thuy stated, stressing the city’s interest in bolstering business cooperation, trade promotion, and exchange of goods to capitalise on economic, trade, and investment opportunities.
The annual activity aimed to further strengthen the solidarity, friendship, and mutual understanding between Kien Giang and Cambodian localities and units.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ho Chi Minh City is willing to further strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Cambodian localities as desired by leaders and peoples of the two countries, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan.
A delegation of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs led by Deputy Minister-Vice Chairman of the Committee Y Vinh Tor on April 5 visited Soai So Tum Nop pagoda in An Giang province’s Tri Ton district on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay festival.
Despite formidable challenges in the host nation, the overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Cambodia have stood shoulder by shoulder to overcome difficulties by promoting the national tradition “the good leaf covers the torn ones”.
Politburo member and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh offered congratulations to Khmer Theravada Buddhist monks and followers on the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay Festival and Buddha’s birthday during a visit to Candaransi Pagoda in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, on April 26.
Representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Committee, People’s Council, and Fatherland Front Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long presented gifts to Khmer people on the occasion of the ethnic minority group’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival on April 13.
Representatives from the People’s Committee, People's Council and Fatherland Front Committee of southwestern Tay Ninh province on April 8 presented gifts to Khmer people in Tan Chau district on the occasion of the ethnic minority group’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival.
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has sent Chol Chnam Thmay festival greetings to Cambodia.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited religious dignitaries in the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang on April 5 on the occasion of the Khmer people’s Cho
