Thanks to the effective implementation of the Party and State’s policies, most localities with a large Khmer population in Vinh Long Province have made remarkable progress. Rural infrastructure has been invested synchronously, and people’s lives have been increasingly improved. People have raised their awareness of voluntarily complying with the law and participating in building their homeland so it becomes increasingly prosperous.
From support policies
Many policies have been put into practice, bringing about clear changes in the lives of Khmer people in Vinh Long. Specifically: The National Target Programme for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021–2030 period; Programme 135, Resolution 120 of the Government on sustainable development of the Mekong Delta; Support policies for residential land, production land, domestic water, housing, preferential loans, vocational training, and recruitment for Khmer children...
Up to now, the lives of Khmer people in Vinh Long Province have had many clear changes. The rate of poor Khmer households has decreased to 1.6%, and near-poor households has decreased to 3.2%. Compared to 2021, poor households have decreased by 5.45%, and near-poor households have decreased by 7.09%.
Thach Prem, Ca Sang Hamlet, Ham Giang Commune, Vinh Long Province, excitedly said: “Our people have always received support from the commune and hamlet, from giving land to building houses and creating jobs for us to earn extra income. Many households have received low-interest loans from the State to do business; many families have become well-off and escaped poverty.”
Vice Chairman of the Ham Giang Commune People’s Committee Nguyen Quoc Thanh said: “In 2025, support programmes have helped about 113 households in the commune. Of which, 3 households benefited from support policies on residential land, 56 households benefited from housing policies, 26 households had access to loans to develop production, and 28 households received support for clean water. The support policies and the efforts of the people have helped the Khmer ethnic people in the commune improve their lives.”
According to the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Vinh Long Province, in recent times, the province has implemented many central and local policies to care for the material and spiritual lives of ethnic and religious people. In 2025, the province will implement 9/10 projects and 10/14 sub-projects under the National Target Programme for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas with a total budget of more than 284 billion VND. To date, the whole province has disbursed more than 98.4 billion VND, implemented support for residential land for many households, and housing for 92 households, completed the construction of 71 new works, and renovated and upgraded 2 ethnic boarding schools...
Solidarity to build the homeland
Vinh Long has more than 353,000 Khmer people living in the province, accounting for 10.4% of the province's population. The implementation of ethnic policies and emulation movements associated with socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas has achieved many positive results. The changes in the villages and hamlets, areas with a large Khmer population, are a vivid demonstration of the strength of solidarity and a driving force for the community to join hands in building a rich and beautiful homeland.
According to the Steering Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Vinh Long Province, the whole province has more than 373,640 ethnic minorities, accounting for 11.03%; of which the Khmer people account for 10.42%. The province has 12 religious organizations, more than 1,300 places of worship, and more than 1.1 million religious followers. The preservation and promotion of cultural identity and ethical values of religions have always been of interest.
Director of the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Vinh Long Province Thach Thi Thu Ha said: “Recognising the importance of ethnic and religious work, in recent times, the Party Committees and authorities at all levels of Vinh Long Province have synchronously deployed many propaganda and mobilisation solutions to help Khmer people understand and implement the Party’s policies and the State’s laws.
In parallel with paying attention to material and spiritual life, Party Committees and authorities at all levels have paid special attention to creating the most favourable conditions for Khmer people to freely believe and practice religion in accordance with the law. Thanks to that, Khmer people in Vinh Long Province have an increasingly stable and improved life”.
In the life of Khmer people, the pagoda is not only a place for religious activities but also a cultural and educational centre, a place to convey the Party’s and State’s policies and guidelines to Buddhists. The pagoda always cooperates with local authorities to propagate the law to Buddhists. Monks and prestigious people in the Khmer ethnic minority area have become the core of propaganda and mobilisation work, contributing to strengthening trust and creating consensus in society.
Venerable Thach Thua, Abbot of Dai Truong Pagoda (Tieu Can Commune, Vinh Long Province) shared: “The lives of Khmer Buddhists are increasingly improving, and most of them are enthusiastic about doing business. They go to the pagoda four days a month. In addition to propagating the Dharma, the pagoda has integrated propaganda about good living, religious and ethnic policies, security laws, economics, and society to the people. From there, people can understand the policies of the Party and the State”.
The material and spiritual life of the Khmer people has achieved many good results, a vivid proof of the implementation of the correct policies of the Party and the State. The consensus between the government and the people, along with the spirit of solidarity and good living, has become an important endogenous strength for the localities of the Khmer people to develop quickly and sustainably.
