The event is the 2^nd largest annual festival after the Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) of the Khmer people in the Mekong Delta.

Local Khmer people gathered at pagodas to pray for bumper crops and pay tributes to their ancestors, and enjoy traditional song and dance performances and other light-hearted activities after a hard working year.

To mark the occasion, leaders of Tra Vinh province visited and presented gifts to 25 pagodas and 95 families of the Khmer group in the province. Meanwhile, a bull race was held in An Giang province on October 9 attracting more than 30,000 local people, domestic and foreign visitors.

Khmer mostly live in Tra Vinh, An Giang, Kien Giang, Hau Giang, Vinh Long, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces in Mekong River Delta.