Autumn Festival

Kiep Bac - Con Son Autumn Festival begins

The northern province of Hai Duong on September 13 held a ceremony to start the Kiep Bac - Con Son Autumn Festival 2011 in commemoration of the death anniversary of national hero General Tran Hung Dao.

Saigontourist brings Mid-Autumn Festival to poor kids

Saigontourist Holding Company collaborated with the Da H’oai District’s People’s Committee in Lam Dong Province and subsidiaries of Saiogntourist to hold a Mid-Autumn Festival for more than 1,000 underprivileged but high-achieving children at the Madagui Tourist Area on Sunday.

Vietnamese toys grab home market from Chinese

For the first time their sales surpassed that of Chinese toys during the Mid-Autumn Festival

HSBC gives toys to underprivileged children

HSBC Bank Vietnam Ltd has joined forces with Big C and Maximark supermarkets to collect toys for the ‘Old Toys for New Joys’ campaign for disadvantaged children in the Mid-Autumn Festival after witnessing an amazing response to its inaugural campaign last year.

Mid-Autumn festival almost upon us

Preparations are beginning. You will have seen stalls large and small popping up across the city. Supermarkets are getting organized and stocked up, yes, Tet Trung Thu or the Mid-Autumn Festival is nearly upon us. Falling on the 15th day of the eighth Lunar Month (in Western terms that is the 12th of September) this year, shops, stores and stalls will be prepared offering colorful lanterns and painted masks and most importantly banh trung thu or mooncakes.

Vinpearl launches Mid-Autumn festival

To celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival, Vinpearl Land prepares a number of entertainment activities for customers and their children.

Paper Lanterns In Dilemma

The demise of the Mid-Autumn paper lanterns is more than just the death of a craft village. It may involve losing a good tradition.

SHTP donates English study aids to school

The Saigon High-Tech Park (SHTP) on Monday donated English study aids to Long Thanh My Elementary Schools in District 9.

Party leader raises funds for disadvantaged kids

Mid-Autumn Festival festivities attended by Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh in Ha Noi last night raised over VND1.5 billion (US$77,000) for the capital city's disadvantaged children. The Party leader also presented gifts to children from social protection centres in the city.

Children with disabilities enjoy rare a night out

If anyone thinks that a barrier exists between children with disabilities and those who have none, they are mistaken. In fact, most children see those with disabilities as potential friends with whom they can have fun.

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From Politics

PM greets mind of Lao inspectorate

HN — Pm Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday confirmed that Viet Nam always supported co-operation between its relevant agencies and also the Inspection Commission from the Lao Individuals Revolutionary Party Central Committee and also the Government Inspectorate of Laos. Dung made the statement while finding the commission mind, Inspector-General Bounthong Chitmany.Dung stated co-operation would concentrate on training human assets within the sector in addition to swapping encounters within the combat and protection

Indian naval leader welcomed

HN — Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief from the General Staff from the Viet Nam Individuals Military, received Rear Admiral Ajit Kumar, commander from the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet, in Ha Noi yesterday.In the meeting, the 2 sides stated that, aside from co-operation in existing areas, the countries' navies required to expand to other parts of mutual concern using the interests of every country's people, for peace, co-operation and customary development in the area and also the world.Tuan