Letter from General Secretary and President To Lam to children on the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival

General Secretary and President To Lam has just sent a letter to teenagers and children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2024. The World and Vietnam Newspaper respectfully introduces the full text of the letter.

Thư chúc Tết Trung thu của Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm

Mid-Autumn Festival greetings from General Secretary and President To Lam to children.

Hanoi, September 13, 2024

Dear children and teenagers!

On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to send my warmest and most affectionate feelings to all Vietnamese children at home and abroad, and to foreigners in Vietnam.

Mid-Autumn Festival, a children's festival, on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, children gather with their families, grandparents, parents, play together, carry lanterns, dance lion dances, enjoy feasts under the full moon or listen to grandparents, parents tell "fairy tales about Mid-Autumn Festival". And each Mid-Autumn Festival will be a childhood memory of each of us in the future.

I really hope that every Mid-Autumn Festival, the children will have a happier, more fulfilling, and more meaningful holiday both materially and spiritually thanks to the care of their families, schools, and society.

I hope you will always be obedient, healthy, study well, be diligent, live with love and ambition; carry out well the 5 things Uncle Ho taught children; always be good students, good children; strive to become the pride of your family, clan and nation.

This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival was not complete because natural disasters caused serious consequences for many families, villages, hamlets, and communes. Many children unfortunately lost their lives, many lost loved ones, lost their homes, and lived in extremely difficult circumstances. I would like to express my deepest condolences to the relatives and families of the children who were victims of the storm and flood, and hope that we will all have the courage to overcome this pain and loss.

For children in storm and flood areas, I advise you to always pay attention to safety when studying and playing. Stay away from dangerous places, do not play near rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, always remember the words of parents and teachers to protect yourself and your friends.

I send all of you my love, faith and hope.

Friendly,

To Lam