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Fund helps bring joyful Mid-Autumn Festival to disadvantaged children

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children has supported over 6,600 disadvantaged children nationwide with 2.6 billion VND on the occasion of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The National Fund for Vietnamese Children has supportedover 6,600 disadvantaged children nationwide with 2.6 billion VND on theoccasion of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

From September 29 to October 1, the fund held various festive activitiesto children ahead of the festival. On September 29, it held a festival for 400children, including 200 from the Dan Lai ethnic minority group in Con Cuongdistrict, the central province of Nghe An.

During the event, the fund presented 150 scholarships worth 1 millionVND each to children with outstanding academic performance, along with 600gifts, 200 school kits and 50 bicycles to local children.

On September 30, the fund gave 418 gift packages valuing 300,000 VNDeach to children in Son Duong district of the northern province of Tuyen Quangand 100 scholarships and 300 gifts to poor children in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Ben Tre.

Meanwhile, the fund has also organized various activities to give ajoyful Mid-Autumn festival to children in various localities, including HoaBinh, Thua Thien-Hue, Ha Nam, Hanoi, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Phu Tho and BacGiang.-VNA 
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