Keyword: "Khmer ethnic group"

The Ok Om Bok Festival, also known as the Moon Worshipping Ceremony, is a traditional festival of the Khmer people. It is held on the full moon night of the tenth lunar month at pagodas, in households, or in open spaces, to express gratitude to the Moon God who, according to Khmer belief, protects crops, ensures favourable weather, and brings fruitfulness and prosperity to villagers.

The Sen Dolta Festival is celebrated annually by the Khmer ethnic group from the 29th of the eighth lunar month to the first of the ninth lunar month. This is an important event of the Khmer when they pay tribute to ancestors and departed loved ones, while also expressing gratitude to those who have cultivated the land and safeguarded the villages.

A celebration of the traditional Ok Om Bok Festival of the Khmer ethnic group was held in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in the evening of November 8, attracting thousands of local people and tourists alike.

Chol Chnam Thmay New Year is the biggest festival on the Khmer calendar, which takes place around mid-April of the solar calendar every year. The festival expresses the wish for a new year of favourable rain and wind, and bountiful crops.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of An Giang has approved a project on preserving and upholding cultural values of “Buong” leaf scriptures of the Khmer ethnic group by 2030.

The southern province of An Giang will digitise the writing on “Buong” leaves of the Khmer ethnic minority group to preserve and uphold their cultural heritage.

Up to 4,010 households, including over 2,500 Khmer ethnic ones, in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh escaped from poverty in 2020 thanks to local efforts for sustainable poverty alleviation.

A lot of activities are taking place across southern provinces to celebrate the Khmer ethnic group’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival, which falls on April 14-16.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented gifts to children with cancer under treatment at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hanoi on February 5 as Tet (traditional Vietnamese New Year) holiday is approaching.

A host of solutions for the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh to ensure sustainable poverty reduction have been proposed at a seminar on May 16.

Local authorities in the southern province of Kien Giang has opened 297 classes of Khmer language this summer, attracting 7,325 monks and children of the Khmer ethnic group.