On April 10, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Kien Giang province held a meeting to celebrate Chol Chanh Thmay of the Khmer people in 2025.
Attending and speaking at the meeting were Mr. Y Thong - Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; Mr. Danh Ut - former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council; Mr. Tao Viet Thang - Deputy Director of the Department of Ethnic Propaganda and Labor and an expert of the Ministry's Office.
At the meeting, Venerable Danh Dong - Standing member of the Trial Council, Head of the Trial Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (GHPG) of the province, Chairman of the Association of Patriotic Monks and Monks (DKSSYN) of Kien Giang province - shared with delegates about the State's policies and laws on religious and ethnic work.
Also at the meeting, Mr. Danh Phuc - Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Kien Giang province - reviewed the meaning of the traditional New Year.
According to the Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Kien Giang province, the Chol Chanh Thmay festival has the meaning of "in the new year", taking place around the middle of the fourth lunar month every year.
The time to celebrate Tet takes place in 4 days and 3 nights, but in 3 years, there is 1 year when the time to celebrate Tet takes place in 5 days and 4 nights (ie the leap year). Welcoming New Year's Eve (Beautiful Mo Year), starting at 4:48 a.m. on April 14, 2025, the 17th day of the 3rd lunar month of the year of the Snake.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong congratulated the results that Kien Giang province has achieved in the past time. In which, there are very important contributions from ethnic minorities in the province.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Y Thong informed the delegates about major anniversaries and very important events of the country and the ethnic work sector.
Accordingly, in 2025, it was the first time to mark the first ethnic minority and religion, continuing to affirm the interest of the Party and the State for ethnic and religious work; It is also the year of summarizing the implementation of the National Target Program on socio -economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, phase (2021 - 2030);
The year of holding Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party, the year of accelerating and breaking through, creating a foundation to bring the country into a new era - the era of national development, prosperity and prosperity.
