The Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper on Sept. 28 presented 3,000 gifts to orphans and children with disabilities in Central Highlands Kon Tum province on the occasion of the traditional and popular Full Moon Festival that falls on Oct. 3 this year.

The gifts worth 90 million VND in total were provided by the PepsiCo Vietnam.

Kon Tum province is now accommodating more than 7,000 children affected by Agent Orange.

Also on this occasion, central coastal Thanh Hoa province will organise the Autumn Festival Night for poor, disabled and street children in 12 coastal communes.

Deputy Director Nguyen Quang Huy of the Thanh Hoa Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs said that the provincial authorities will pay visits and present gifts to children with difficulties and poor children with outstanding education results.

They will also join children to celebrate the festival, Huy said./.