Activities held to celebrate New Year with Khmer, Cambodian people
Authorities in many cities and provinces across Vietnam have organised activities to join Khmer ethnic minority people and Cambodians in celebrating their traditional New Year.
Le Thanh Giang, Chairwoman of the Can Tho Union of Friendship Organisations, reads the municipal administration's letter congratulating Khmer people on the traditional New Year at the gathering on April 12 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Authorities in many cities and provinces across Vietnamhave organised activities to join Khmer ethnic minority people and Cambodiansin celebrating their traditional New Year.
In the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, representatives from local authorities have visited and offered New Year greetings to Khmer people and Buddhistmonks, encouraging them to continue leading a good religious life.
Representatives from the Khmer community thanked the Party, State, andauthorities for their support in improving the livelihoods of the ethnicminority group and pledged to contribute more to local development.
Bac Lieu is home to more than 17,000 households with nearly 74,000people from the Khmer ethnic minority, accounting for 7.5 percent of itspopulation.
On April 12, leaders of the Border Guard Command in the CentralHighlands province of Dak Nong visited and extended New Year wishes to Cambodianpolice and military units performing border defence duties in Cambodia's neighbouringprovince of Mondulkiri.
Colonel Nguyen Van Lu, head of the Dak Nong Border Guard Command,expressed his hope that border protection forces in Mondulkiri will coordinate closelywith Dak Nong border guards in safeguarding the border and preventing andcontrolling COVID-19.
In response, the Cambodian side affirmed they will enhance ties to boostborder management and protection and develop bilateral solidarity andfriendship.
On the same day, the Can Tho Union of Friendship Organisations held agathering of Khmer members and Cambodian students from universities in Can Tho cityin the Mekong Delta to celebrate the traditional New Year.
Venerable Ly Hung, head of Pitu Khosa Rangsay Pagoda and Vice Chairmanof the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association in Can Tho, presented 14scholarships worth 1 million VND each to Cambodian students in the city.
The Vietnam Union of F꧙riendship Organisations and the Vietnam-CambodiaFriendship Association in Can Tho also raised donations to offer support of 400million VND (17,300 USD) to people of Vietnamese descent in Cambodia./.
Politburo member and Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man on April 10 visited and extended his greetings to dignitaries of the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association on the occasion of the Khmer people’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival.
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Le Thanh Giang, Chairwoman of the Can Tho Union of Friendship Organisations, reads the municipal administration's letter congratulating Khmer people on the traditional New Year at the gathering on April 12 (Photo: VNA) 
