President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien on April 6 extended his New Year wishes to Khmer Theravada Buddhist dignitaries and followers and the Khmer ethnic group in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival.

VOV.VN - A wide variety of unique cultural activities are due to be held between April 16 and April 19 at the National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on the outskirts of Hanoi in order to celebrate the Vietnam Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day on April 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent greetings to Khmer ethnic people on their traditional Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival, which falls on April 14-16 this year.

A friendship exchange among Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian youths studying at Kien Giang University was held in the southern province of Kien Giang on April 14, on the occasion of Cambodia’s traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay.

VOV.VN - The Khmer ethnic minority people residing in the nation’s southern region are currently celebrating the Chol Chnam Thmay festival, a traditional event held to mark the Khmer’s New Year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter of greetings to Khmer people in Vietnam on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay, their traditional New Year festival.

Politburo member and Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man on April 10 visited and extended his greetings to dignitaries of the Mekong delta province of Soc Trang’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association on the occasion of the Khmer people’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival.