Chol Chnam Thmay is celebrated each year from April 14 to 16 (Photo: VNA)The Government leader extended his best wishes to thecommunity as well as to Khmer dignitaries.
He noted that 2020 was a tough year for Vietnam due tothe COVID-19 pandemic, but with the joint efforts of the political system,people, and enterprises, it recorded important and comprehensive achievementsin both socio-economic development and pandemic control, becoming one of the 16most successful newly-emerging economies in the world and enhancing its internationalposition.
For the first time, a project and a national targetprogramme were designed to boost socio-economic development in mountainous andethnic minority-inhabited areas, Chinh said.
The success of the 13th National Party Congressas well as the second national congress of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groupsalso reinforced confidence among the country’s 54 ethnic minority groups in theParty and the State, he added.
The government leader expressed his belief that with thestrict implementation of COVID-19 prevention measures, the Khmer people will havean enjoyable Chol Chnam Thmay festival and promote their cultural identity.
The PM also expressed his hope that the community willcontinue to promote patriotism and make more contributions to the country’s socio-economicdevelopment targets.
Also to mark the occasion, on April 13 a working groupfrom the National Assembly’s Council for Ethnic Minority Affairs, led by itsChairman Ha Ngoc Chien, visited and extended greetings to the Khmer people inthe Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, where more than 300,000 Khmer people, ornearly 32 percent of the population, live.
Chol Chnam Thmay is celebrated each year from April 14to 16. Buddhist followers gather at pagodas to perform traditional ritualsthroughout the festival./.
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