People across Laos on April 14 organised activities to celebrate the traditional New Year festival, also known as Bunpimay or Bun Hout Nam (water splashing festival) according to the Buddhist calendar.
The traditional New Year festivals of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar - Bunpimay, Songkran, Chol Chhnam Thmay, and Thingyang - were celebrated at a ceremony at Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14.
Boun Pi Mai, the traditional New Year festival in Laos, will be organised on a large scale after three years of COVID-19 in order to attract tourists and recover the national economy.
Bunpimay, Songkran, Chol Chhnam Thmay, and Thingyang - the traditional new year festivals of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, were celebrated at a ceremony in Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.
Some 400 Lao students studying in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue gathered on April 10 night to celebrate Bunpimay, the traditional New Year Festival of Laos.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man sent his “warmest greetings” and “best wishes” in a letter on April 3 to all Khmer ethnic minority people on the occasion of their traditional new year festival, Chol Chnam Thmay.
More than 17,000 Cham ethnic people are celebrating Roya Aidil Adha, the traditional new year festival of the Muslim community in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
Some 500 Laos students, who are studying in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, gathered on April 7 to celebrate their traditional New Year festival of Bunpimay.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has extended best wishes to Khmer Theravada Buddhist dignitaries and followers in the Mekong Delta provinces of Vinh Long and Tra Vinh on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay, the traditional New Year Festival of the Khmer people in the south.
These days, H’Mong ethnic people in the mountainous areas of Bac Yen district, northern province of Son La are celebrating traditional New Year festival.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh wished the Party, State and people of Laos happiness and a successful New Year when attending a ceremony to welcome their traditional Bun Pi May festival held by the Lao Embassy in Hanoi April 12.
Leaders of southern Vinh Long province and Can Tho city on April 12 extended congratulations to local Khmer people on the ethnic group’s traditional New Year festival, Chol Chnam Thmay.
Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Huu Dung on April 11 visited the Patriotic United Buddhist Association in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.
A ceremony was held at Pho Minh Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City on April 11 to celebrate the traditional New Year festival of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
More than 500 Lao students, who are studying in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien – Hue, were brought together on April 8 to celebrate Laos’ traditional New Year festival of Bunpimay.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has conveyed his best wishes to the Khmer ethnic minority group in the southern region on the occasion of their traditional New Year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay.
