Showing posts with label Khmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Khmer. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2014

President confident in prospect for Vietnam-Cambodia ties — Talk Vietnam

President confident in prospect for Vietnam-Cambodia ties — Talk Vietnam



Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24.

The front page of the daily published on December 21 covered an interview with the President by its Editor-In-Chief Pen Samitthy.

The Vietnamese President said his visit aims to further deepen the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, meeting aspirations of the two peoples.

In the coming time, he expressed wish for facilitating visits at all levels to raise mutual understanding.

Both countries should strengthen cooperation across tourism, telecommunications, banking, oil and gas, industry and agriculture, towards achieving a trade value of 5 billion USD in 2015 as agreed, he said.

He added that science-technology, education, health care and culture also need due attention.

Vietnam will provide more scholarships for Cambodian graduates and post-graduates studying in the country, he promised.

He suggested raising awareness of younger generations about the tradition of bilateral ties and working on land border demarcation for a borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation and development.

On regional and international arena, the two countries should offer mutual support within the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam development triangle, the Ayeywady – Chao Praya – Mekong economic cooperation strategy, the Greater Mekong Sub-region, ASEAN, and the United Nations, he said.

He noted that history recorded all difficulties that had been jointly surmounted by the two countries and sacrifices they had made for each other for their national independence and freedom, saying these are invaluable pride that need to be handed down to next generations.

The President said the political and diplomatic ties between the two countries have been deepened basing on the mutual trust and understanding.

Economic, trade and investment cooperation was given top priority in the bilateral connection while that in security and defence received a lot of attention.

Affiliation in education, training, healthcare and culture has been unceasingly boosted, the President told the paper.

He noted that the two countries’ cooperation within multilateral mechanisms has been strengthened over the past times.

In the end of the interview, the State leader expressed his full belief that the bilateral friendship and coordination across the board will go forward with great strides.-VNA

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Mekong Delta hosts annual Khmer culture fest

Ok Om Bok, the largest festival of the year of the Khmer people in the Mekong Delta, is taking place from October 26 to November 1.

Soc Trang Province is hosting various activities including a traditional boat race seen as the most exciting event during the festive days.

The festival features many cultural activities including an exhibition of the socio-economic achievements and cultural developments of Soc Trang Province, information about Vietnamese ethnic groups, and artistic performances.

During the festival, there is also a trade fair organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and local authorities to attract more than 180 enterprises with over 430 booths displaying handicrafts, farm and garden equipment, textiles and more.

This year’s traditional boat race will take place in Soc Trang on November 1-2 with participation of 49 Khmer teams from Mekong Delta provinces.

The Ok Om Bok celebrations, also known as the Khmer Moon Thanksgiving Ceremony, fall on October 15 of the lunar calendar. It is a time for the Khmer to show their gratitude to the Moon Goddess for giving them a bumper harvest and rich aquatic sources.

VietNamNet/SGGP

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Khmer festival celebrates unique cultural identity

VietNamNet Bridge – Khmer communities in 12 southern provinces and cities are planning to hold a festival of culture, sport and tourism in Can Tho City from December 5-8. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Can Tho municipal People’s Committee informed reporters on November 25 that the event aims to preserve and promote the cultural identity of the Khmer people, thus enriching their cultural life and contributing to socio-economic development in Khmer-populated areas and the entire nation as a whole. The festival will embrace six themes, encompassing all aspects of traditional Khmer life, ranging from amateur art performances to a costume fashion show, folk games, traditional cuisine, and cultural exhibitions and exchanges. Most worthy of note is the Ghe Ngo racing, in which the Khmer people will display their skills in racing these long, thin, traditional boats, often carved from the hollowed-out trunk of a single tree, with each boat capable of holding up to 50 men. These races are the most popular and eagerly-anticipated event at important Khmer festivals. The festival will offer an opportunity for Can Tho City to promote its local culture and tourist activities. Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Thanh Phong said that the city has invested more than 70 billion VND in the construction of a cultural and sports centre. He added that the municipal travel industry has taken the initiative in collaborating with travel agents across the country to promote typical local tours and activities, such as orchard tourism, eco-tourism, tours of floating markets and one-day home-stays with local farmers.
(Source: VNA)

Friday, October 3, 2008

Divorce, dividing their house in half, Literally

Phnom Penh - A Cambodian couple decided to circumvent the country's notoriously corrupt and expensive court system in their divorce case by dividing their house in half, literally, local media reported Thursday. The Khmer-language Koh Santepheap newspaper featured a front-page photo of a precariously perched half of the stilted former home of Meuon Rima and his ex-wife Nhang, both 40, which Rima sawed with surgical precision down the middle.
Rima, who sought a divorce on the grounds that his wife refused to nurse him during a recent illness, was last seen driving away from the village in south-eastern Prey Veng province with his half of the home, the daily reported.
It was not known where he had gone with his very detached portion, it said, adding that Rima had not felt the same need to divvy up the couple's two teenaged children, both of whom he left with Nhang.
Under Cambodian law, assets are divided equally between husband and wife in the event of a divorce.