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Mid-autumn festival brings joy to disadvantaged children

An array of activities were held on September 25 for disadvantaged children in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Quang Nam on the occasion of mid-autumn festival.
Mid-autumn festival brings joy to disadvantaged children ảnh 1Miss Vietnam Tran Tieu Vy presents gift to a disadvantaged girl in Quang Nam province.
(Photo: VNA)

Quang Binh (VNA) – An array of activities were held on September25 for disadvantaged children in the central provinces of Quang Binh and QuangNam on the occasion of mid-autumn festival.

Quang Binh’s border guard joined hands with the women’s union in Quang Trachdistrict to organise a mid-autumn programme for disadvantaged children atThuong Hoa primary and secondary schools in the mountainous district of MinhHoa.

Nearly 350 gifts, including candies, clothes, star-shaped lanterns andnotebooks, were presented to local students. In addition, they were enabled tocontemplate lion dances, traditional games, and mooncakes like sweet banh deo(sticky rice cake) and savoury banh nuong (baked cake).

Children living in other mountainous and border areas in Quang Binh provincereceived nearly 2,200 gifts worth 400 million VND (17,200 USD) from the borderguard force, and many charitable organisations nationwide on the occasion.

The programme helped bring a warm mid-autumn to impoverished children acrossthe province.

The same day, the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province also organised aprogramme called “Mid-autumn festival 2018” for children with specialcircumstances in the locality.

On the occasion, local leaders and Miss Vietnam 2018 Tran Tieu Vy handed over250 gifts, each worth 500,000 VND (21.5 USD) to disadvantaged children.

The province’s Children Protection Fund received 30 million VND (1,290 USD)from Vy and 20 million VND (860 USD) from the organising board of the MissVietnam 2018.-VNA
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