Mid-Autumn Festival of Lang Nu students, sharing candy for empty seats

Mid-Autumn Festival without lantern procession of students of Phuc Khanh Primary and Secondary School No. 1 (Lao Cai) - Photo: VU TUAN

Mid-Autumn Festival without lantern procession

The Mid-Autumn Festival was organized by a volunteer group in Vinh Phuc and teachers of Phuc Khanh Primary and Secondary School No. 1 for the children. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival has no lantern procession, no performances, no Cuoi or Hang, but only candy and sausages.

Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the second day that 130 students from Lang Nu school transfer to the main school. Teacher Pham Duc Vinh, principal of Phuc Khanh Primary and Secondary School No. 1, said the school arranges for the students to live like boarding students.

Waiting for Mid-Autumn Festival – Photo: VU TUAN

Some functional rooms such as the traditional room and the music room have become dormitories for boarding students. Currently, the school organizes cooking from food donated by benefactors. The school board continues to propose to the authorities to supplement the boarding regime for the students.

Distribute candy to the empty seats because the flood swept away the children.

Candy for two students in Lang Nu who will never be able to go to class again – Photo: VU TUAN

On the second day of school, there were a few empty seats because the owners had been swept away by the flood. The students did not sit in those seats, so the teacher who was distributing candy also distributed some candy and put it in the empty seats.

“The teachers and students love and miss their friends very much. But to ensure the students’ mental health, the teachers have rearranged the tables and chairs and rearranged the seating arrangements for them. We also organized a simple Mid-Autumn Festival so that the students can have more joy and forget the losses of the recent flood,” said Mr. Vinh.

Many children ate sausages for the first time.

The party had lots of candy, fruit, and even sausages. Students lined up like they were eating a buffet. Each student got to choose a dish, and after finishing, they lined up to choose another dish to give to their friends.

Students of Phuc Khanh Primary and Secondary School No. 1 received many candies from benefactors. Teachers and students gave them to students from other schools. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the dish that students lined up to choose the most was sausages.

Hoang Quang Vinh – a first grader who has just transferred from Lang Nu school – still misses his mother. Vinh likes sausages the most. “This is the first time I’ve had this dish,” Vinh shared.