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HCM City offers summer

activities for kids
HCM City plans to offer a wide range of entertainment and educational activities until
August 20 to create playgrounds for children during summer.

A series of art activities will be offered at the HCM City first-ever Kids Fest at the Children Cultural House on
June 2-4. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ

HCM CITY – HCM City plans to offer a wide range of entertainment and
educational activities until August 20 to create playgrounds for children during
summer.
The Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union of HCM City will host the Kids Fest
2023 at the Children’s Cultural House from June 2-4.

Having the theme of “Trẻ Em Hôm Nay – Thế Giới Ngày Mai” (Children Today –
Tomorrow the World), the event will include workshops where children can learn
about digital technologies, chess, painting and pottery making, traditional
Vietnamese music and art, and a variety of music genres and instruments.

There will be a place for children and parents to join family games, a reading zone
offering different kinds of books for children, and a food court.

The event will also have music and dance performances by young performers of
the cultural houses, along with shows by circus performer Quốc Nghiệp, songstress
Ngọc Mai and their son.

In addition, the organiser will launch a camp for 350 needy children across the city
at the festival.

Trịnh Thị Hiền Trân, deputy secretary of the youth union, said the festival would
include a series of cultural and entertainment activities in order to provide spiritual
care for children, particularly needy children in the city. It would be an opportunity
for children and their parents to have a fun time together, as well as honour the
importance of family in modern society.

The festival will take place at 36 Lê Quý Đôn Street in District 3.

Meanwhile, the city will launch a programme called “Em Yêu Thành Phố Của
Em” (I Love My City) to encourage the discovery of the history and culture of the
city and the country through trips to museums, historical sites, iconic buildings,
and “Uncle Hồ with Children” memorial spaces.
The city asked Departments of Education and Training, Culture and Sports, and
Tourism and the Youth Union to work with schools to plan and organise field trips
for children, and offer ticket exemptions for them at the attractions as well.

The Police Department will open courses on child protection and children's rights.

The programme will also include summer camps, and a cultural exchange between
Vietnamese and Lao children.

HCM City will host the annual Book Fair for Children during summer to promote the habit of reading among
children and teenagers. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ

The annual Book Fair for Children, organised by the HCM City Department of
Information and Communications and its partners to promote the habit of reading
among children and teenagers, is expected to open in late July.

The fair at the Book Pedestrian Street will offer thousands of books by local and
foreign authors, mostly literature, from popular publishers and distributors,
including Kim Đồng Publishing House, Phương Nam Book Company, and Trẻ
(Youth) Publishing House.
The organisers will host workshops and discussions on reading habits and
children’s favourite books, and announce the children’s book prize.

The fair will also include music and dance performances, plays for children, and a
game zone.

In addition, the city asked local authorities to build bookcases for children at
cultural houses and offer reading sessions every week to promote a love for
reading among children. — VNS

Vocabulary:

1. Wide range: phạm vi rộng.

2. Communist: Cộng sản.
3. Include: bao gồm.
4. Technologies: công nghệ.
5. Pottery: đồ gốm.
6. Genres: thể loại.
7. Instruments: dụng cụ.
8. Zone: vùng.
9. Food court: khu ăn uống.
10. Performances: biểu diễn.
11. Cultural: thuộc văn hóa.
12. Circus: gánh xiếc.
13. Songstress: ca sĩ.
14. Organiser: người tổ chức.
15. Secretary: thư ký.
16. Spiritual: tinh thần.
17. Particularly: cụ thể.
18. Opportunity: cơ hội.
19. Importance: tầm quan trọng.
20. Society: xã hội.
21. Meanwhile : trong khi đó
22. The programme : chương trình
23. Organize : tổ chức
24. Exemptions : miễn trừ
25. The annual : hàng năm
26. Distributors : Nhà phân phối
27. Publishers : nhà xuất bản
28. Iconic buildings : tòa nhà mang tính biểu tượng
29. Protection : sự bảo vệ
30. Training : đào tạo
31. Foreign authors : tác giả nước ngoài
32. Mostly literature : chủ yếu là văn học
33. Sessions : phiên
34. Announce : thông báo
35. Publishing : xuất bản
36. Teenagers : thanh thiếu niên
37. Variety : đa dạng
38. Discovery : khám phá
39. Performers : người biễu diễn
40. Partners: đối tác, cộng sự.
41. Entertainment: cuộc giải trí
42. Summer: mùa hè
43. Playground: sân chơi
44. Learn: học, nghiên cứu
45. Music: âm nhạc
46. Place: nơi, địa điểm
47. Family games: trò chơi gia đình
48. Launch: ném, phóng
49. Across: từ bên này sang bên kia
50. Festival: lễ hội
51. Union: liên kết, liên minh
52. Honour: danh dự, danh giá
53. Attractions: sự thu hút, sự hấp dẫn
54. Courses: tiến trình, quá trình
55. Promote: thăng cấp
56. Habit: thói quen
57. Prize: giải thưởng
58. Bookcase: tủ sách
59. Favourite: được yêu thích
60. Among: ở giữa/ bị vây quanh.
 SUMMARY:

HCM City is planning entertainment and educational activities until August 20th
for children during summer. The Kids Fest 2023 will be held from June 2nd to 4th
at the Children's Cultural House, offering workshops on digital technologies, chess,
art, music, and more. There will also be family games, a reading zone, a food
court, and performances by young artists. The festival aims to provide spiritual
care for needy children and promote family values. The city will also launch the "I
Love My City" program for children to discover the history and culture through
field trips and cultural exchange.