File photo of Cambodian participants rowing their dragon boats during last year's Water Festival on the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh on Nov 10, 2019. - AFP
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia has decided to cancel the annual water festival originally scheduled from Oct 30 to Nov 1 in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to a government's letter released to the media on Thursday.
The letter, signed by Hing Thoraxy, permanent secretary of state at the Council of Ministers, said that Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, following a request made by the National Committee for Organising National and International Festivals, approved the cancellation of the festival on Aug 5.
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