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PSNews - Recently, the Hau Giang Provincial Police Department organized an inaugural ceremony to hand over a “August 19 House” to 3-grade student Danh Thi Thu Hong from a poor family of the Khmer in Luong Nghia commune, Long My district.

Delegations of officials of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have visited and presented gifts to religious dignitaries and local Khmer people on the occasion of their traditional Sene Delta Festival which is celebrated from October 13 to 15 this year.

PSNews - The Khmer people are an integral part of the community of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, who have been living equally and harmoniously, and jointly contributing to the cause of national construction and defence throughout the country's history.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter offering greetings to Khmer ethnic people on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival 2023.

PSNews - The 8th Culture, sports, and tourism festival of the Khmer people in the Southern region opened in Soc Trang Province on November 6.

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.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has spent over 62 billion VND (2.66 million USD) to boost the socio-economic development among the Khmer community, according to the provincial Committee of Ethnic Affairs.

The Khmer-Vietnam Association in Cambodia will continue to keep a close watch on the situation of Vietnamese Cambodians, especially those in Kampong Chhnang and four other Cambodian provinces adjacent to Tonle Sap Lake.

PSNews – As  part of the traditional Ooc Om Bok Festival of the Khmer people, the Ngo boat race (similar to the sport of dragon boating) took place on Maspero river in Soc Trang Province, on November 21.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh recently launched the construction of a Khmer cultural and tourism village at a total cost of VND25.8 billion (US$1.12 million).

The living standards of Khmer ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have been improved in recent years thanks to the Party and State’s investment policies to develop the region.

The art of writing on “buong” leaf of Khmer ethnic minority people in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has been recognised as national intangible heritage, according to Director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Len.