(Minghui.org) The Vietnamese Community Association held a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in the Springvale suburb of Melbourne, Australia on September 20, 2025. Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) practitioners were invited to participate. They demonstrated the exercises, performed the waist drums, and did a Vietnamese folk dance. Their booth drew many residents and tourists who learned about Falun Dafa.

Practitioners performed at a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration on September 20, 2025.

The Falun Dafa booth drew many people.

Springvale, located southeast of Melbourne, is the home of many Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants. The celebration was held on the main street of the popular Springvale Market. The market offers a wide variety of fresh, affordable produce, as well as authentic Asian food, and attracts people of all ethnicities.

Mr. Duy Quang Nguyen, chairman of the Vietnamese Community Association, praised the practitioners’ performances.

“Today’s Mid-Autumn Festival celebration is blessed with beautiful weather, and families from all ethnic communities join in the celebration. We are delighted to receive the support of Falun Gong practitioners. The graceful dances, cheerful waist drum performances, and the exercise demonstrations are all very impressive,” he said. “The audience, including myself, felt the wonderful energy brought by Falun Gong practitioners. We will also invite them to our upcoming celebrations, and we are very grateful.”

Mr. Duy Quang Nguyen, chairman of the Vietnamese Community Association, poses for a group photo with practitioners.

More than 120,000 Vietnamese people live in the state of Victoria. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, Mr. Nguyen said, “I would like to extend holiday greetings to the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Gong practitioners, and the Chinese and Vietnamese communities in Melbourne.”

Practitioners Celebrate the Festival and Introduce Falun Dafa

Thi Phuong Thanh Nguyen, a Vietnamese practitioner and a key member of the Vietnamese folk dance troupe, said their performance was based on two children’s songs composed by Vietnamese Falun Dafa practitioners, “Brighter Than the Moonlight” and “Joyful Full Moon Festival.” The performance showcased the beauty and preciousness of children’s pure and kind hearts, and conveys the message of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance through celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Ms. Nguyen, a kindergarten teacher, planned and organized a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at her kindergarten the day before, on September 19. She said the program included waist drum performances and Vietnamese folk dances by Falun Dafa practitioners, as well as exercise demonstrations and storytelling. The performance introduced Falun Dafa and the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to kindergarten staff, families, and children. The costumes for the Vietnamese folk dance are traditional, authentic Vietnamese attire and are very elegant.

She said, “My wish is to share traditional Asian culture and Falun Dafa’s universal values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance with the community so that families and children can benefit from them. Falun Dafa practitioners in Melbourne provided selfless help.”

Practitioners performed the waist drum and folk dances at the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration at a kindergarten school on September 19, 2025.

Thi Phuong Thanh Nguyen and another practitioner narrated a legendary story.

Lanterns were prepared at the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at a kindergarten.

Thi Phuong Thanh Nguyen worked as a financial lecturer in a university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, before she immigrated to Australia. She was introduced to Falun Dafa by a female colleague in her department.

“After I began reading Zhuan Falun and listening to Master’s lectures, I realized this is what I was looking for. I found the principles to guide and show me the right way humans should live.

“Although I was taught from a young age to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and that good will be rewarded and evil meets retribution, I still felt confused at times and even doubted the existence of divine beings,” she recalled. “Continuously reading Zhuan Falun and Master’s other works dispelled my doubts, helped me rebuild my faith in divine beings, and enabled me to break free from my atheistic upbringing. At 30, I felt like I was reborn. I understood why I was born and why I exist in this world.

“Six months after I started my cultivation journey, my family’s circumstances changed quickly. Our family was granted a permanent visa to Australia, I became pregnant with my second child, a baby girl, and my family relocated to Melbourne, Victoria to start our new life.”

In their new country her family initially encountered many difficulties. She said, “I remind myself that I am a Dafa practitioner. My family and I overcame every tribulation and witnessed the extraordinary power of Dafa.”

Her oldest son, Daniel, was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease when he was two years old. “This disease left him with weakened arteries, and he had to take aspirin every day to prevent the risk of blood clots which could lead to a heart attack,” she said.

“After I began practicing Falun Dafa, my son’s health quickly improved. The doctor confirmed his body and heart are healthy and he no longer needs medication. He started to practice Falun Dafa when he was 7 years old. He is 12 now and cares for others, is responsible, a good student in school, and a good friend.

“Since we began practicing Dafa we parents no longer have to worry about our children’s studies. They like to learn various skills, such as piano, chess, etc.” Ms. Nguyen said.

“Practicing Falun Dafa and following Master Li’s teaching, in the journey of striving to achieve Truthfulness , Compassion, and Forbearance, day by day I feel I’m becoming a better person. Our marriage was saved when I learned to ‘step back,’ to be more tolerant and patient. I found the beauty of being a traditional woman and I strive to reach the standard. I got a job as an early childhood educator in a preschool. Everything I have today is because I practice Falun Dafa. Inspired by my cultivation, my mother and my younger sister also started to practice Falun Dafa in Vietnam and have also benefited.”

Thi Phuong Thanh Nguyen and her son and daughter read Zhuan Falun.

Thi Phuong Thanh Nguyen wishes Master a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

“My family and I respectfully wish Master a Mid-Autumn Festival filled with great joy,” said Ms. Nguyen. “We are deeply grateful for Master’s compassionate salvation. With boundless compassion, you enlighten me so that I may stay on the right path, cultivate myself well, and bring the beauty of Truthfulness–Compassion–Forbearance to the people around me.”