Mid-Autumn Festival activities for disadvantaged children held by HUFO
In the celebratory atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn festival, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) worked with a number of sponsors to and brought gifts to needy children in the city.
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| The HCM City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on September 30 holds the 'Full Moon Festival' programme and awarded 350 Mid-Autumn gifts to children with disabilities in the city. Photo: HUFO |
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| Nguyen Thi Hong Diem, deputy chairwoman of the HUFO, said that the gifts, although not of high material value, showed affection and responsibility of the community towards the physically and intellectually disadvantaged. Photo: HUFO |
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| On the evening of September 29, the HUFO holds a Mid-Autumn gift-giving ceremony to children with special circumstances in Ward 28, Binh Thanh District. Photo: HUFO |
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| The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations has mobilised World Share - a South Korean non-governmental organisation and organizes an art programme, folk games, and presentes gifts to children with special circumstances at Hoa Sen Shelter, a facility of the city's Women's Union in Hoc Mon District on September 28. Photo: HUFO |
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| On the afternoon of September 28, in Hanoi, on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2020, the Hanoi Peace Committee cooperates with the volunteer group Toi tinh nguyen to present gifts and nutritional products to children at Binh Minh School for children with special needs, Dong Anh District. Photo: HAUFO |
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| And in a similar move, the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HAUFO) on September 25 cooperates with the Vietnam Fatherland Front's Hanoi chapter go to celebrate and give Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to children with special circumstances at Centre of Social Protection IV, Ba Vi district in Hanoi. Photo: HAUFO |
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| Situated in Tay Dang commune, Ba Vi district, which is approximately 60km from the center of Hanoi to its western, the Centre of Social Protection IV under the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is the center receiving managing, caring and adopting homeless and disadvantaged children, persons without care givers and sick, and disabled elderly. Photo: HAUFO |
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 | Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association received PM's certificate of merits The Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association (VPFA) was honoured to receive the Prime Minister’s certificate of merit in honour of their great contributions to developing the friendship ... |
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