Over the past years, with the attention of the Party and the State, along with the synchronous participation of the local authorities, the Khmer people in Vinh Long Province have had many improvements, especially benefiting from national target programmes in many areas, from housing, land, rural transportation... to education, health care, and culture.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has officially included the Thak Con Festival—also known as the Coconut Offering Festival of the Khmer ethnic community in An Hiep Commune, Chau Thanh District, Soc Trang Province—on Viet Nam’s list of national intangible cultural heritage.