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Soc Trang: Khmer community prepare for Sene Dolta festival

The Khmer community in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang are preparing to celebrate the Sene Dolta Festival, a major event of the ethnic group to remember their ancestors, which will take place from October 13-15 this year.
Soc Trang: Khmer community prepare for Sene Dolta festival ảnh 1A road in My Tu district of Soc Trang province. (Photo: VNA) 

Soc Trang (VNA) – The Khmer community in the MekongDelta province of Soc Trang are preparing to celebrate the Sene Dolta Festival,a major event of the ethnic group to remember their ancestors, which will take place from October 13-15 this year.

Soc Trang is home to over 400,000 Khmer ethnic minority people,accounting for over 30% of the province’s population.

According to Lam Son Hien, Vice Secretary of the Party Committeeof Dai Tam commune in My Xuyen district, support policies of the Party and theState have facilitated the local community’s economic development, contributingto improving incomes for local residents. The poverty rate in the commune hasreduced to 1.6%, while the number of near-poor households has decreased to 1%.

Earlier in 2023, the Ministry of Public Security had supported Soc Trang in building 1,200houses, providingopportunities for impoverished households, particularly those in the Khmerethnic minority area to stabilise their lives.

According to the provincial Party Committee, overthe past five years, the local authorities have supported nearly 26,900 poorethnic minority households to promote economic development. Meanwhile, over2,800 local households were provided with fresh water, while over 1,200 houseswere constructed for Khmer ethnic families.

Thanksto these efforts, the locality’s socio-economic situation has recorded positivechanges. The material and spiritual lives of local residents have continuouslyimproved. The rate of poor households in the Khmer ethnic group decreased byover 4.5% per year.

Attentionhas been paid to education and training, healthcare for people in ethnic minority-inhabited and extremely disadvantaged areas, and preservation of traditional culture identities.

Vice Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteeHo Thi Cam Dao said the province will continue to step up communications on the significanceof the National Target Programme on Socio-economic Development in ethnicminority areas in the 2021 - 2030 period./. 

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