Operation Smile will organise a charity art auction and gala dinner at Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on May 26 to raise funds for 500 surgeries for Vietnamese children.

Sponsors can donate VND170 million (USD8,200), VND85 million ($4,100), and $1,250 for seats at the event. Individuals can also attend by paying for an admission fee of $125.

Operation Smiles aims to raise VND2.7 billion ($130,000) to offer 500 free surgeries during its 27 working trips in Hanoi, HCMC, Nghe An, An Giang, Hue, Vinh Long and Can Tho.

For more information, please contact Operation Smile Vietnam, 16 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi. Tel: +84-4-3936 5426; hand phone: +84-(0)-912 67 9495; website: .

Last year, Operation Smile provided 2,670 free treatments and corrective facial surgeries for Vietnamese children with cleft lip and cleft palate deformities, bringing the total number of patients treated to 18,735 since its first medical mission in Vietnam in 1989.