Poor Khmer households, students given gifts on Chol Chnam Thmey festival
Hundreds of poor households and students of the Khmer ethnic minority group in Ho Chi Minh City on April 6 received gifts from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Nguoi lao dong (The Labourers) newspaper on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmey festival.
Poor Khmer households in Ho Chi Minh City receive gifts on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmey festival. (Photo: VNA)
Ho Chi Minh City (VNA)🥃 – Hundreds of poor households and students of the Khmer ethnic minority group in Ho Chi Minh City on April 6 received gifts from theVietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Nguoi lao dong (TheLabourers) newspaper on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmey festival.
Recipients include 260 poor, near-poor, or disadvantagedhouseholds in the districts of Tan Binh, Binh Chanh, Cu Chi, and Can Gio and 135 poor and studious Khmer students. The donation is from the "For the Poor" fund of HoChi Minh City and the newspaper’s programme "Scholarshipsto students of ethnic minorities and poor students", local companies, andindividuals. Phan KieuThanh Huong, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho ChiMinh City, said that over the years, the city has always cared for, supported andcreated the most favourable for the more than 50 ethnic minority groups in the city to develop and improve thequality of life of the local people./.
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Poor Khmer households in Ho Chi Minh City receive gifts on the occasion of their traditional Chol Chnam Thmey festival. (Photo: VNA) 
