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Senior Colonel Cao Minh Tam speaks at the event. |
Senior Colonel Cao Minh Tam, Deputy Political Commissar of the An Giang Provincial Military Command and the Steering Committee’s Standing Deputy Head, attended and delivered remarks at the event.
Under the theme “An Giang’s troops and people celebrate Chol Chnam Thmay in 2026,” the festival in Hon Dat commune takes place from November 14, 2025 to April 10, 2026. The program features numerous activities, including disseminating information about major national holidays and significant political events; promoting of the Party’s guidelines and State’s policies and laws; building houses for Khmer ethnic households facing hardships; providing free medical check-ups and medicines; presenting gifts to families under social welfare policies, poor and near-poor households, members of the militia and self-defense forces, and reservists; and organizing cultural exchanges, artistic performances, sports activities, and traditional folk games.
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The festival’s steering committee hands over funding to support the construction of houses for needy families. |
In recent years, the festival has consistently received strong attention from the Provincial Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of An Giang province. It has also benefited from contributions by provincial departments, agencies, organizations, businesses, philanthropists, and benefactors both within and outside the province. These efforts aim to support people in former revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority communities, and remote or isolated regions. The program helps local Party committees and authorities improve the living conditions of disadvantaged households, ensuring that everyone enjoys a warm and joyful New Year without being left behind.
The program’s activities also help address local difficulties, enhance the rural landscape, and support the completion and improvement of criteria for new-style rural areas and advanced new-style rural areas in participating localities.
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Gifts and scholarships presented to Khmer students with good academic results |
At the ceremony, the provincial steering committee for the festival presented funding to support the construction of houses for disadvantaged households in Hon Dat commune. The Provincial Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin awarded 30 gift sets and 30 scholarships to Khmer ethnic children in difficult circumstances who have achieved outstanding academic results in the commune.
Translated Tran Hoai