About 1,500 parents and children attended the Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 of Vietnamese people in Hungary, held on the evening of September 10^th in the capital Budapest.

Lion dance was performed at the event (Photo: VNA)

The festival was organized by the Buddhist Association from Tue Giac pagoda and the Overseas Vietnamese branch at Thang Long Centre, which is so far the first and only trade centre owned and run by Vietnamese people in Hungary to bring a warm Mid-Autumn Festival to children.

More than 400 gifts and hundreds of servings were prepared by Buddhists and volunteers to serve children and their parents free of charge during the festival.

The festival included various activities such as face painting, balloon art, circus acts, clowns, magic shows and art performance. On this occasion, children and their parents enjoyed folk games and looked back on memories of their childhood in the homeland.

In addition, more than 50 students who have gained good achievements in study and other areas were presented Certificates of Merit from the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary. Apart from that, every child at the event was presented a gift and a lantern.

The event was ended with a lantern procession, lion dance and fireworks display in the sky of Budapest, with Vietnamese music of familiar Mid-Autumn songs./.

( VNF/VNA )