• Chol Chnam Thmay Festival 2025
• Provincial Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities holds Chol Chnam Thmay festival reunion
• Provincial leaders visit and wish Khmer people a happy Chol Chnam Thmay festival

Mr. Dao Tu, Deputy of the Board of Management, Deputy of the Salatel Propagation Board, Hamlet 6, Khanh Hoa Commune, excitedly said: “Thanks to the Party and the State's attention to investing in the road, the lives of the people here have clearly developed. With the road, people have boldly invested in growing crops and raising livestock, thereby increasing their income. This year, Salatel - the place where Khmer people practice their beliefs, has just been invested in a new and spacious building, and the people and I are very excited.”

Mr. Dao Tu decorated the Buddhist worship area.

Ms. Danh Thi Can, Hamlet 6, Khanh Hoa Commune, said: “This year, the lives of the people in the hamlet have developed, so the Tet holiday is more bustling than every year. My family is getting ready for our traditional Tet holiday, wrapping cakes and making jams to eat during Tet, when the children and grandchildren gather.”

In Khanh Hoa commune, implementing the Project to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the area, the commune has paid attention to and supported the construction of 7 houses for ethnic minority households in Hamlet 6, using the capital from the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority Areas. Up to now, the houses have been completed and put into use, and the people have new houses to celebrate Tet.

Ms. Ly Thi Phuong, Hamlet 6, Khanh Hoa Commune, shared: “I am nearly 60 years old this year, living alone, with a disabled leg. In my daily life, I am happy to be able to do whatever I am hired to do, just enough to support myself, but I do not have money to build a house. Now that the Party and the State have paid attention and supported me with 60 million VND to build a new, spacious house, I am very happy. With a new house, I am more excited to celebrate the traditional New Year than every year.”

Khmer people in Hamlet 6, Khanh Lam Commune are also eagerly welcoming the New Year. This year, in addition to the investment in a new road and a new salatel, the Khmer people here have just finished harvesting the winter-spring rice crop with the joy of a bumper crop, so the atmosphere of welcoming Tet is more bustling than every year.

Mr. Nguyen Van Loi, Hamlet 6, Khanh Lam Commune, said: “The last winter-spring rice crop was a bumper crop, and my family made a good profit. After the rice crop, I went to work in the lake to earn more income. After a year of hard work, I still have a lot left over, so celebrating the traditional New Year this year is more exciting.”

Thanks to the State's attention and investment in transport infrastructure, the lives of Khmer ethnic people in U Minh district are increasingly improving.

In recent days, provincial and district levels and sectors have organized many delegations to visit, present gifts, and celebrate Chol Chnam Thmay to Khmer ethnic people in the area. On April 9, a working delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province visited and celebrated the Khmer people in Hamlet 6, Khanh Hoa Commune.

Ms. Son Thi Tien, Hamlet 6, Khanh Hoa Commune, said: “In addition to Tet greetings, the provincial delegation also visited and gave gifts to poor and disadvantaged Khmer people in the hamlet. For the New Year, the Party and State paid attention and gave gifts worth 500,000 VND, helping my family have more conditions to celebrate Tet more prosperously and completely.”

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Liem, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of U Minh district, said: "In addition to coordinating with the provincial Khmer Art Troupe to organize art performances to serve the people, during Tet, the district and agencies, units and localities also organize visits, New Year greetings and gifts to families of policy beneficiaries, families of Vietnamese heroic mothers, heroes of the armed forces, people with meritorious services to the country, single-parent families, poor and near-poor households, prestigious people among ethnic minorities in general and Khmer people in particular; support places with a large population of Khmer people to organize Tet. Thereby, demonstrating the concern of the Party and State for Khmer people, creating favorable conditions for people to celebrate Tet in the spirit of solidarity, joy, warmth, safety and savings"./.

Tran The

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