Deputy PM congratulates Khmer people on traditional New Year festival
Politburo member and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh offered congratulations to Khmer Theravada Buddhist monks and followers on the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay Festival and Buddha’s birthday during a visit to Candaransi Pagoda in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, on April 26.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (second, left) presents 2 tonnes of rice to Khmer people facing pandemic-caused difficulties in HCM City while visiting Candaransi Pagoda on April 26 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Politburo member andPermanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh offered congratulations toKhmer Theravada Buddhist monks and followers on the traditional Chol ChnamThmay Festival and Buddha’s birthday during a visit to Candaransi Pagoda inDistrict 3, Ho Chi Minh City, on April 26.
Wishing Khmer Buddhists and people happiness andsafety, he affirmed that the Party and State always respect and ensure thefreedom of religion or belief in line with law of religious followers,including Khmer Theravada Buddhists.
They have also assisted people of differentethnic groups, including Khmer, to stabilise their lives, preserve and bringinto play cultural identities, and develop economic activities so as to joinhands in building a wealthy and strong country, he noted.
On behalf of the Government, Deputy PM Binhthanked Theravada Buddhists and Khmer people for helping the Party, Governmentand people nationwide to achieve initial encouraging outcomes in the COVID-19combat.
He also asked them to keep seriously complyingwith the PM’s Directive 19 on anti-pandemic measures in the new context toprevent virus transmission, minimise losses, and ensure stability insocio-economic development and people’s lives.
Appreciating Party and State leaders’ attentionto Theravada Buddhists and people of the Khmer ethnic group, Most VenerableDanh Lung, member of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Council and headof Candaransi Pagoda, spoke highly of the Government’s sound policies andtimely measures in the COVID-19 prevention and control, which have helpedVietnam become a role model in this work.
He said this year, Theravada Buddhists and Khmerpeople have celebrated the traditional New Year festival in a merry atmospherebut still adhered to anti-pandemic regulations.
Monks and followers at Candaransi Pagoda willcontinue instructing others to comply with the PM’s Directive 19 and take partin patriotic emulation movements to contribute to national development, headded.
On this occasion, Deputy PM Binh presented 2tonnes of rice to Khmer people facing pandemic-caused difficulties in HCMCity./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to the Khmer ethnic people, congratulating them on the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival.
Representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Committee, People’s Council, and Fatherland Front Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long presented gifts to Khmer people on the occasion of the ethnic minority group’s Chol Chnam Thmay (New Year) festival on April 13.
Khmer ethnic communities are celebrating their traditional New Year Festival – Chol Chnam Thmay – at home this year from April 13-16 instead of visiting pagodas as part of the national effort to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Khmer people in the south and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang in particular are celebrating their traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay which falls on April 13-16 this year more quietly this year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Chol Chnam Thmay Festival is one of the most important festivals of Khmer ethnic communities across the country, including the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.
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Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (second, left) presents 2 tonnes of rice to Khmer people facing pandemic-caused difficulties in HCM City while visiting Candaransi Pagoda on April 26 (Photo: VNA) 
