Mid-Autumn Festivals held for Vietnamese children in Hungary, Germany
Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese expats in Hungary, including over 1,000 children, took part in the Mid-Autumn Festival hosted by the Vietnamese association last weekend.
Children competing in the tug of war - a folk game of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese expatsin Hungary, including over 1,000 children, took part in the Mid-Autumn Festivalhosted by the Vietnamese association last weekend.
It was the first Mid-Autumn Festival after a two-yearsuspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Various folk games and music performances were organised,attracting not only Vietnamese participants but also Hungarian friends. Theyalso had a chance to enjoy numerous traditional Vietnamese dishes, such as “buncha” (grilled pork with noodle), “goi cuon” (spring rolls), “nem ran” (friedspring rolls) and “che” (a Vietnamese sweet dessert).
The Vietnamese association and Embassy of Vietnam in Hungarytook the occasion to honour 95 Vietnamese students for their excellent academicperformance in the 2021 – 2022 school year.
An art performance in Mid-Autumn Festival in Berlin. (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, thousands of children, who are second and third-generationVietnamese living in Germany’s Berlin, on September 11 gathered at Dong XuanCentre for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The organisers prepared about 3,000 gift packages andthousands of star lanterns imported from Vietnam for childrenat the event.
Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Berlin Chu Duc Tuanpraised the organisers for holding such a meaningful event for Vietnamesechildren. He also expressed his delight that the Mid-Autumn Festival, atraditional custom of Vietnamese, has been preserved in Berlin, the heart ofGermany.
He also thanked local authorities for their support for theVietnamese community here and enabling them to maintain and promote traditionalculture for the next generations.
It demonstrated the practical and effective implementationof the Vietnam – Germany strategic partnership, Tuan said./.
The Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre is hosting a programme celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival from September 2, offering a recreational space for children.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to Vietnamese children at home and abroad, as well a foreign children in Vietnam, expressing his best wishes to them on the occasion of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.
HCM City’s theatres and cultural houses will offer art shows and charity programmes for children in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month), which falls on September 10 this year.
The ambassador noted that among the 300,000 Vietnamese residing in the RoK, around 3,000 are living in Pyeongtaek and contributing actively to the local economy. Ho expressed his hope that the local authorities will continue support the overseas Vietnamese community in the city.
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For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
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The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
Children competing in the tug of war - a folk game of Vietnam (Photo: VNA) 
An art performance in Mid-Autumn Festival in Berlin. (Photo: VNA) 
