Poor Khmer households in An Giang given gifts on Chol Chunam Thay Festival
On April 7, hundreds of poor households of the Khmer ethnic minority group in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang received gifts from the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Loc Troi Group JSC, and the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Association (VCBA) on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chunam Thay (New Year) Festival.
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Up to 500 packages of gifts were presented to the disadvantaged Khmer households, each worth 600,00 VND (24 USD), comprising 10 kg of rice and 300,000 VND in cash, at a ceremony held in O Lam commune of Tri Ton district.
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| Poor Khmer households in An Giang given gifts at the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival. (Photo: VNA) |
VCBA Chairman Oknha Leng Rithy said the good deed demonstrates sentiments towards impoverished people in the province, particularly the Khmer ethnic minority group. He also sent his wishes to the local Khmer people on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay Festival.
Pham Tuan Khai, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of O Lam commune extended his hope that the solidarity and “good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability” between Vietnam and Cambodia as well as between the VCBA and An Giang province will further flourish in the coming time.
(Source: VNA)
