Kien Giang holds meeting to celebrate Chol Chnam Thmay in 2025

Attending the meeting were comrades: Y Thong - Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; Tong Phuoc Truong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department; Le Thanh Viet - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Kien Giang province; Le Trung Ho - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee; Danh Phuc - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Kien Giang province.

Attending the meeting were more than 200 delegates who were leaders, retired officials, dignitaries, soldiers of the armed forces, heroic Vietnamese mothers, prestigious people, exemplary policy families, and Khmer students in the province.

Art performance to welcome the Chol Chnam Thmay 2025 meeting.

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho sent his warm regards and New Year wishes to the monks, superior monks, officials, soldiers and Khmer people in the province.

Comrade Le Trung Ho said that Kien Giang is the province with the third largest Khmer population in the Mekong Delta region with over 237,100 people, accounting for over 13% of the province's population. During the resistance war against foreign invaders as well as in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, the Khmer people always had a patriotic spirit, promoted revolutionary traditions, believed in the leadership of the Party, and united with other ethnic groups in the area.

Khmer people have made many efforts to overcome difficulties, strive to improve their lives, and actively join the entire Party, people and army in the province to well perform the tasks of socio-economic development, maintaining political security and social order and safety in the locality.

Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho spoke at the meeting to celebrate Chol Chnam Thmay in 2025.

According to Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho, ethnic affairs and policies for ethnic minorities continue to be focused on and achieved comprehensive results in all areas. The material and spiritual life of Khmer people is increasingly improved; the number of well-off households is increasing, poor ethnic minority households have decreased to 1.86%, near-poor households have decreased to 2.73%, of which poor Khmer households are only 1.8%.

Up to now, the whole province has 116/116 communes meeting new rural standards, 40 communes have been recognized as meeting advanced new rural standards; 5 communes have been recognized as model communes and 7 districts and cities have met new rural standards. National cultural identity is preserved and promoted; the political system in ethnic minority and border areas is increasingly strong; political security and social order and safety continue to be stable.

The province pays attention to training cadres who are Khmer people; the work of developing party members, building core forces and prestigious people among ethnic minorities is focused on.

Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho congratulated and presented gifts to delegates attending the meeting.

Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho requested agencies and localities to continue to propagate and mobilize Khmer people to comply with the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws; regularly strengthen solidarity among ethnic groups; effectively implement the national target program on socio -economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas...

Religious dignitaries and prestigious people coordinate well with Party committees and authorities at all levels to propagate and mobilize people to increase production, strive to improve their lives, respond to patriotic emulation movements and campaigns, participate well in social security work, maintain political security and social order and safety in the locality...

Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Kien Giang province Le Thanh Viet wished a happy new year and presented gifts to delegates attending the meeting.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong wished religious dignitaries and Khmer people a joyful, healthy, peaceful, happy Chol Chnam Thmay New Year 2025, and a new year with new joys and new victories.

Although the socio-economic situation of ethnic minority areas still faces many difficulties and challenges, with the revolutionary tradition, under the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Committee of Kien Giang province, and the efforts of the entire political system, Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong believes that Khmer dignitaries and people in Kien Giang province will continue to promote the spirit of patriotism and the strength of national solidarity, and will have a breakthrough development, successfully implementing the socio-economic development goals in 2025.

Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong congratulated and presented gifts to delegates attending the meeting.

Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong hopes that Kien Giang province will continue to implement ethnic and religious policies well, in conjunction with social security policies; pay attention to supporting and caring for the material and spiritual lives of people, especially poor households, near-poor households, and families in difficult circumstances.

Kien Giang needs to prepare good conditions for Khmer people to celebrate Chol Chnam Thmay in 2025 in solidarity, joy, health, safety, economy, in accordance with customs, civilized lifestyle, and good cultural traditions of the nation.

Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong presents gifts to religious dignitaries, policy families, and prestigious people.

On this occasion, the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions presented gifts to 4 organizations (VND 10 million/gift); 50 gifts (VND 500,000/gift) to prestigious people; 50 gifts (VND 1 million/gift) to poor Khmer households in the province.

Kien Giang provincial leaders presented 200 gifts to leaders, retired officials, dignitaries, prestigious people, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, and Khmer families with meritorious services in the province, with a total value of 40 million VND.

News and photos: DANH THANH

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