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VFF leader extends Chol Chnam Thmay greetings to Khmer people

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has extended his best wishes to Khmer people nationwide on the occasion of their New Year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay.
VFF leader extends Chol Chnam Thmay greetings to Khmer people ảnh 1A Chol Chnam Thmay celebration in KhemMapaPhia pagoda of Hau Giang province in 2017 (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) CentralCommittee Tran Thanh Man has extended his best wishes to Khmer peoplenationwide on the occasion of their New Year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay, whichfalls on April 14-16.

In his letter sent to Khmer monks andpeople, Man wrote that Vietnam gained many important achievements in thesocio-economic, defence, security and diplomatic fields in 2017 thanks to theefforts of the Party, army and citizens.

The material and spiritual lives of people,including the Khmer community, have been improved.

He appreciated the community’s efforts tofollow the Party’s policies and the State’s laws, as well as theirparticipation in movements launched by the VFF and their contributions tosocio-economic development.

He expressed his hope that Khmer people will behappier and contribute more to national building and safeguarding.

Chol Chnam Thmay is one of the most important festivals for Khmer people. Itusually lasts three days and is celebrated mostly in pagodas. The festival is ademonstration of Khmer people’s aspirations, like many other ethnic groups, tomove on from the previous year’s misfortunes and look forward to a promisingnew year.-VNA

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