Chol Chnam News Today

Acting President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân sent a congratulatory letter and flowers to Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni and Lao Vice Presidents Pany Yathotou and Bounthong Chitmany.

Khmer people organise the Đom Lơng Néak Tà Festival at Néak Tà temples to worship Néak Tà, the god of protection for rain, good crops, health and peace.

The southern province of Sóc Trăng has the highest concentration of Khmer people in Việt Nam, accounting for 30 per cent of their total population. The implementation of the socialisation policy for housing in the locality has achieved positive results, addressing the issue of housing for impoverished Khmer households, while solving social welfare problems and reducing poverty.

PANO - The border management and protection forces of Vietnam and Cambodia will boost their close and effective coordination in the time ahead, according to the talks between the two military leaders held on April 17 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

PANO - In recent days, military units and schools have conducted practical activities to celebrate Laos' and Cambodia’s traditional New Year festivals Bunpimay and Chol Chnam Thmay.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on April 13 visited Mekong Delta Bac Lieu province’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay, the traditional New Year festival of Khmer people.

The historical values and lessons drawn from the Victory of Upper Laos in 1953 were spotlighted at a scientific seminar held by the Ministry of National Defence in the northern border province of Son La on April 13.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh led a delegation to visit the Embassy of Laos in Canberra on April 13 on the occasion of Laos’s traditional New Year festival (Bunpimay).

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien on April 13 visited Mekong Delta Bac Lieu province’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association on the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmay, the traditional New Year Festival of Khmer ethnic people.