Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (L) and her daughter's father, Brad Pitt. [File photo: chinadaily.com.cn]

Hollywood superstars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie called at an orphanage during their surprise visit to southern Vietnam, a state-run newspaper said on Saturday.

The couple gave candies and toys to children at Tam Binh orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City and had lunch there on Friday, Nguyen Van Trung, director of the charity facility told the Saigon Giai Phong (Liberation Saigon) daily.

Newspapers, which on Friday morning showed front-page photos of Pitt and Jolie riding a scooter in Ho Chi Minh City streets without helmets, said on Saturday their photographers had failed to capture any moment of the couple on their second day in town.

The two arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia on Thursday during what appeared to be a break from filming "A Mighty Heart" in India.

On Thursday night they dined at a Vietnamese restaurant. One newspaper said they would leave Vietnam on Saturday.

(Source: Reuters via chinadaily.com.cn)