STORY: Cambodian villagers celebrate upcoming Chinese New Year
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 19, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2025
LENGTH: 00:02:40
LOCATION: TAKEO, Cambodia
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the celebration event
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SOENG VANNARY, Primary school teacher
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): VENG SOKNEA, Primary school teacher
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): KHLOK CHAMROEUN, Deputy chief of Tanorn village

STORYLINE:

Cambodian villagers benefiting from a China-aided poverty alleviation project celebrated the upcoming Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival on Sunday.
   
Held at Tanorn village in Bati district, roughly 60 km south of the capital Phnom Penh, the event provided an opportunity for participants to experience Spring Festival traditions, including red lanterns and couplets.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SOENG VANNARY, Primary school teacher  
"This is the first time that the celebration of the Chinese New Year is organized at Tanorn village, and I'm very happy to join this event."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): VENG SOKNEA, Primary school teacher 
"People believe that celebrating the Chinese New Year will bring them good luck and fortune, and it will also help deepen the bonds of friendship with Chinese people."

The village has a total area of 72 hectares and is currently home to over 130 households with more than 600 people.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): KHLOK CHAMROEUN, Deputy chief of Tanorn village
"I'm pleased to see villagers and students celebrating the Chinese New Year."

The event was co-organized by the Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF) in Cambodia, the China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD), and the Cambodia-China Friendship Radio.

Once a poor, isolated, and quiet village, the tiny Tanorn village has now developed into a modern village under the Cambodia-China Friendship Village for Poverty Alleviation Project, which was launched in January 2021.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Takeo, Cambodia.
(XHTV)