Provincial leaders visit and wish Khmer people a happy Chol Chnam Thmay festival

On April 14, working delegations led by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan and Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet visited and extended New Year greetings to pagodas and salatels in the province on the occasion of the traditional New Year of the Khmer people.

* Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan visited and wished the Khmer people a Happy Chol Chnam Thmay 2025 at Monivongsa Bopharam Pagoda, Ward 1, Ca Mau City. Joining the delegation were representatives of the leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, the Provincial Police, and the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions.

2/ Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan wished Khmer people a joyful, healthy and happy traditional New Year. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan wished Khmer people a joyful, healthy and happy traditional New Year.

In a warm and joyful atmosphere, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, comrade Nguyen Minh Luan wished the monks, nuns, and all Buddhists and Khmer people a joyful, healthy, and happy traditional New Year.

3/ Nguyen Minh Luan presented gifts from the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee to Venerable Thach Ha. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan presented gifts from the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee to Venerable Thach Ha.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed that in recent times, Ca Mau province has always paid attention to the lives of ethnic minorities in general and the Khmer people in particular. Accordingly, the Khmer people have constantly strived to rise up, actively participated in local revolutionary movements, and complied with the regulations and laws of the Party and the State. In the coming time, he hoped that the Khmer people would continue to strive to rise up, work hard, escape poverty to have a prosperous and comfortable life, raise their children to become useful citizens for society; at the same time, actively preserve, promote and expand the ethnic cultural identity to contribute to building a civilized and modern homeland of Ca Mau.

4 Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan presented gifts to the monks. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan presented gifts to the monks.

Ms. Nguyen Thu Tu, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, presented gifts to the Board of Directors and the Propagation Board of Monivongsa Bopharam Pagoda.

“In addition, sectors, levels and local authorities should pay attention to creating conditions and supporting households with difficult lives to receive support for land and housing, and create conditions to access loans to stabilize their lives. Prestigious people should further promote their role in propagating and encouraging people to comply with legal regulations, in Buddhist activities and practice”, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Luan noted.

On behalf of the monks, nuns, and Khmer Buddhists, Most Venerable Thach Ha, Head of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ca Mau Province, Chairman of the Provincial Association of Patriotic Monks and Nuns, Abbot of Monivongsa Bopharam Pagoda, expressed his deep gratitude to the Party and State leaders for their care and concern for Buddhist monks and followers as well as the Khmer people.

On this occasion, the Provincial Police presented a gift to Monivongsa Bopharam Pagoda. (In the photo: Colonel Nguyen Phuc Cuong, Deputy Director of the Provincial Police, presented a gift to Venerable Thach Ha)

“We always believe in the leadership of the Party, and at the same time, we constantly work and produce, practice thrift, and follow the motto of a good life and a good religion according to the Dharma of Buddha Shakyamuni,” Venerable Thach Ha shared.

* Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet led the delegation to visit and celebrate Chol Chnam Thmay with Khmer ethnic people in Tan Duyet, Tran Phan and Quach Pham Bac communes, Dam Doi district.

1/ Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet hopes that each ethnic minority household will strive to integrate into the country's innovation process. Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet hopes that each ethnic minority household will strive to integrate into the country's innovation process.

At the meeting, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet expressed his excitement at the change in the appearance of ethnic minority areas, with investment in village roads, spacious houses, and marked improvement in people's lives. Comrade Ho Trung Viet highly appreciated the efforts of the majority of Khmer ethnic people along with other ethnic communities, including Kinh people, who united to strive to develop production and become well-off. Some ethnic minority areas currently have no poor households, people have complied well with the Party's policies and the State's laws, and have the will to strive to improve. This is a positive sign.

Comrade Ho Trung Viet sent New Year greetings to the monks, Salatel Management Board and all Khmer people of Tran Phan commune.

It is known that the whole district of Dam Doi currently has 1,627 Khmer households, of which 144 are poor households and 77 are near-poor households. There are 123 ethnic households receiving housing support under the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses.

2/ On behalf of the provincial leaders, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet presented Tet gifts at Salatel, Tan Duyet commune. On behalf of the provincial leaders, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet presented Tet gifts at Salatel, Tan Duyet commune.

At the destinations, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Ho Trung Viet presented Tet gifts and wished the monks, Salatel Management Boards and all Khmer people a happy and prosperous new year.

4/ The delegation of provincial leaders and leaders of Dam Doi district presented Tet gifts at Salatel, Quach Pham Bac commune. The delegation of provincial leaders and Dam Doi district leaders presented Tet gifts at Salatel, Quach Pham Bac commune.

Emphasizing that 2025 is an important year, implementing many major policies, bringing the country into a new era, an era of national growth, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department hopes that each household and ethnic group will strive to integrate into this process. At the same time, continue to promote the tradition of solidarity, contribute to maintaining security and order; raise vigilance, resolutely fight against distorted arguments, sabotage the great national unity bloc; preserve cultural identity, actively work in production, together contribute to the overall development of the province.

Quynh Anh - Hong Nhung

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