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Programmes for children to enjoy Mid-autumn Festival

Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Social Work Centre is organising entertainment programmes for children, especially disadvantaged kids on the outskirts of the city and the provinces of An Giang, Tay Ninh and Binh Phuoc to enjoy the Mid-autumn Festival which falls on October 4 this year.
Programmes for children to enjoy Mid-autumn Festival ảnh 1Celebrations for the Mid-autumn Festival are held for children (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Social Work Centre is organisingentertainment programmes for children, especially disadvantaged kids on theoutskirts of the city and the provinces of An Giang, Tay Ninh and Binh Phuoc toenjoy the Mid-autumn Festival which falls on October 4 this year.

The festival is annuallyheld on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

In the programmes,traditional games and food stalls are set up for these children to enjoy.

The centre also ispresenting more than 3,000 gifts and scholarships to children and those whohave excellent school results but financial difficulties.

These programmes started onSeptember 23 and will last until October 1. In HCM City, they were held in theoutlying districts of Can Gio and Cu Chi last weekend.-VNA
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