A Mid-Autumn Festival was held at the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Paris on September 27 for children from the local Overseas Vietnamese community and international friends.

Twenty outstanding entries from the children’s drawing and poetry competition ‘Telling Stories Under the Moon’ are now on display at the editorial office of Thieu nien Tien phong va Nhi dong (Young Pioneers and Children) Newspaper in Ha Noi.

Politburo Member and National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man visited and offered encouragement to child patients receiving treatment at Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 25 on the occasion of the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival.

In Ha Noi, one place where the old-fashioned spirit of the Mid-Autumn Festival remains particularly “rich” is the city’s Old Quarter. The cultural spaces here come alive with lanterns, star-shaped lanterns, traditional folk figurines, paper mandarins, paper horses, and old-style mascot toys. More notably, the beauty of the Mid-Autumn Festival is being revived together with the younger generation.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung visited and presented gifts to children receiving treatment at Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital’s Tan Trieu campus in Ha Noi's Thanh Liet ward on September 25 on the occasion of the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the occasion of the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival, Trinh Van Quyet, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Publicity led a delegation to visit and offer encouragement to paediatric patients receiving treatment at Ha Noi Children’s Hospital and Military Hospital 103 on September 24.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held the opening ceremony of the “Mid-Autumn Festival 2026” at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts at No. 2 Hoa Lu Street, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Ha Noi on the evening of September 23.

On the afternoon of September 22, on the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival 2026, Do Van Chien, Politburo Member and Permanent Vice President of the National Assembly, and Nguyen Van Quang, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, visited, encouraged, and presented gifts to children in special circumstances in Nghe An and Lam Dong.

Over the years, care for children in border, mountainous areas and ethnic-inhabited areas of Dong Nai City has always received attention from Party committees and authorities at all levels, sectors, localities and the armed forces.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, together with a central-level delegation, visited and presented gifts to children at the Kim Phu branch of Trung Mon Kindergarten in Minh Xuan Ward, Tuyen Quang Province, on September 20.

A programme entitled “Lanterns of Love – Supporting Children on Their Journey to School” was held in Dac Pring Commune, Da Nang City, on September 18 to support local disadvantaged children ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is going to organise the “Mid-Autumn Festival 2026” programme at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts, at No. 2 Hoa Lu Street, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Ha Noi on September 23 and 24.

The 2026 traditional mid-autumn festival market in the Old Quarter will take place from September 11 to 25, under the theme “Honouring, Preserving and Spreading the Values of the Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival”.

Amid Ha Noi’s autumn days and pleasant weather, Hang Ma Street is once again bustling, adorned in a vibrant array of colours in preparation for the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. With just two weeks to go until the Mid-Autumn Festival, the street has become busier than usual, attracting large numbers of residents and visitors.

A series of Mid-Autumn Festival activities in Ha Noi Old Quarter (Hoan Kiem Ward, Ha Noi) will run for about a month, from late August through the end of September, featuring a wide range of activities honouring traditional Vietnamese culture.

When Mid-Autumn Festival comes, while children across the country eagerly await the celebration, numerous children in many remote villages lack the chance to truly enjoy the festivities. To help bridge the gap in geography and living conditions, many schools have brought meaningful Mid-Autumn joy to children in the highlands.

The Mid-Autumn Festival of 2025 is taking place in Hoi An ancient town, Da Nang city, from October 3–6 with a variety of festive lantern shows, lion dances, lantern processions, and outdoor performances, offering residents and visitors a vibrant celebration rich in cultural identity.

In the lead-up to the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ha Noi’s toy market has become increasingly vibrant, offering diverse traditional toys rich in Vietnamese cultural value, which draw great attention from consumers.

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.

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.