Hotels support Operation Smile Vietnam

September 20, 2018 - 13:00

Some of Hà Nội’s top hotels are teaming up to provide surgery for poor children.

 
InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72 is partnering with Operation Smile Vietnam for a fund-raising event on Saturday. JW Marriott Hanoi and Sheraton Hanoi will also host a charity run on Sunday to support the Operation Smile Vietnam.
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Some of Hà Nội’s top hotels are teaming up to help provide surgery for poor children.

JW Marriott Hanoi and Sheraton Hanoi will hold a charity run for Operation Smile Vietnam on Sunday. ‘Run to Give’ will be held at Le PARC – Gamuda City from 7am to 11am.

Entering its 5th year, the charity run is calling for 3,000 runners’ national wide and aims to raise US$45,000 for Operation Smile Vietnam. All profits will go to support Operation Smile Vietnam in performing life-changing surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children who can’t afford the surgery and ongoing medical therapies.

A ticket for the run costs VNĐ200,000 ($7.5) per adult, including one t-shirt and race kit. Participants can register at https://ticketbox.vn/event/run-to-give-73099/49821.

In addition, InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72 is working with Operation Smile Vietnam ro raise funds while also celebrating the hotel’s first anniversary.

The event will be held on Saturday from 3pm at the hotel’s Hive Lounge located on the 62nd floor, and will feature afternoon tea and a dinner buffet prepared by the hotel’s top chefs and an art exhibition from artists of the Vietnam Art Space. The party features a DJ at the hotel’s Qbar.

All donations to the charity help support approximately 140,000 children with facial deformities in Việt Nam.

Prices start from VNĐ2 million ($75) per adult. For reservations and further information, please dial (+84) 24 3698 8888, ext. 5440. — VNS

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