Vietnamese children in Japan and Austria are welcoming the Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 with lanterns, lion dances, and traditional mooncakes, bringing the warm spirit of reunion and national culture to expatriate communities.

The Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Protection of Children’s Rights on October 4 inaugurated a new Child Counseling and Service Office at Hoa Hong Shelter, located on Lam Van Ben street, District 7, aiming to strengthen child protection and care in the city.

On these days, millions of Vietnamese children eagerly await the Mid-Autumn Festival — a festival for children and a time of reunion and gathering which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month annually.

VOV.VN - Numerous families on October 4 brought their children to celebrate and experience the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, where the “Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 - Joy with Children” program will run on October 4 and 5 (the 13th and 14th days of the 8th lunar month).

In his letter sent on October 3, State President Luong Cuong extended his warmest wishes to Vietnamese children nationwide and those abroad, ahead of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

VOV.VN - The Mid-Autumn Festival for Vietnamese children will take place in Lyon, Paris, and Brittany in September and October, with a view to introducing Vietnamese culture to French friends and strengthen bonds within the overseas Vietnamese community.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and FPT Corporation have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at harnessing technology to ensure that every child benefits from a safe and healthy environment and equal opportunities for growth.

The Cuban children’s theater troupe La Colmenita staged the musical “Cinderella...According to the Beatles” on August 26 at Ho Guom Theatre in Hanoi, as part of activities marking the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Cuba (1960–2025).

The Department of Maternal and Child Health under Ministry of Health has called on provincial and municipal health departments nationwide to step up measures to protect children in the online environment, ensuring timely prevention and handling of abuse and exploitation cases.

The Vietnamese Embassy in China hosted an exchange on August 6, welcoming a delegation of Chinese children from across the nation as part of the “witnesses to friendship” programme organised by the Home and Abroad News Press of Hong Kong.