Five-tone musical ensemble in Doi (Bat) pagoda

Five-tone musical ensemble in Doi (Bat) pagoda

(VOVWORLD) - Performances by five-tone musical ensembles in Doi (Bat) pagoda in Soc Trang province attract a lot of visitors. The music of the Khmer creates a mysterious, sometimes joyful...
Khmer language classes in Can Tho city

Khmer language classes in Can Tho city

(VOVWORLD) - The Khmer language is now being taught in schools in the Mekong Delta. But many schools in the Ninh Kieu district of Can Tho city don’t teach Khmer because there...
Tra Vinh celebrates Sene Dolta festival of the Khmer

Tra Vinh celebrates Sene Dolta festival of the Khmer

(VOVworld) – Tra Vinh provincial authority has organized a get-together to celebrate the Sene Dolta Festival of Khmer people on September. 500 officials, retired people, heroic mothers, religious dignitaries and...
Meeting to mark Khmer Chol Chnam Thmay

Meeting to mark Khmer Chol Chnam Thmay

(VOVworld) – On Monday, the steering committee for the southwestern region led by Committee member Tran Huu Hiep visited and presented gifts to Soc Trang province’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association, dignitaries...
Steering committee for southwestern region meets

Steering committee for southwestern region meets

(VOVworld) – On Tuesday, the steering committee for the southwestern region met with former revolutionaries and Buddhist dignitaries in Mekong Delta provinces to mark the Khmer Chol Chnam Thmay festival
Wedding ceremony of the Khmer

Wedding ceremony of the Khmer

(VOVworld) – Getting married is an important event in a person’s life. Khmer boys and girls are free to date but must follow many rules and customs for marriage. Today...
Khmer costumes

Khmer costumes

(VOVworld) – The clothing of the Khmer in southern Vietnam is unlike the costumes of other ethnic groups
 5-tone musical instrument of the Khmer

5-tone musical instrument of the Khmer

(VOVworld) – The Khmer in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have inherited Angkor culture with influences from the local wet rice civilization and Chinese and Cham ethnic groups
Chol Chnam Thmay festival of the Khmer

Chol Chnam Thmay festival of the Khmer

(VOvworld) – Chol Chnam Thmay is the New Year celebration of the Khmer. Their biggest festival of the year marks the end of the dry season and the beginning of a new...
 Doi pagoda of the Khmer

Doi pagoda of the Khmer

(VOVworld) – There are about 600 Khmer Theravada pagodas in the Mekong Delta. Doi, which means Bat in English, is one of the most beautiful pagodas with typical Khmer architecture. Doi...
Flat “Cốm’ of the Khmer

Flat “Cốm’ of the Khmer

(VOVworld) – “Com dep”, flat glutinous green rice is a specialty of the Khmer in Soc Trang and people in the Mekong River Delta. “Com dep” is a popular dish and...
Ngo junk race of the Khmer in Soc Trang

Ngo junk race of the Khmer in Soc Trang

(VOVworld) – The Khmer in southern Vietnam race Ngo junks as part of the Ooc Om Bok festival to worship the Moon on the 10th lunar month. It’s a typical...
The Khmer in Vietnam

The Khmer in Vietnam

(VOVworld) – Vietnam has 1.3 million Khmer people living in the southern provinces of Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Kien Giang, An Giang, Bac Lieu, Can Tho, and Vinh Long. The Khmer do farm work, fish,...