Published:  00:00 Wednesday - April 16, 2008

A jubilant atmosphere covers the whole Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang as nearly 400,000 local Khmer ethnic people celebrate their traditional New Year Festival Chol Chnam Thmay.

The Chol Chnam Thmay Festival, which begins after the first harvest of the year, fell on April 13-15.