Vienna Charity Ball held for first time in Vietnam

VnnNews - The Vienna Charity Ball will be held by the Austrian Embassy at the Hanoi Melia Hotel on November 12. 

The Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam, Georg Heindl, said that the event will mark the traditional friendship between the two countries, the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and raise funds for children affected by Agent Orange.

The Vienna Charity Ball is based on the world famous Vienna Opera Ball. The event has taken place in numerous cities around the globe, but this is the first time it will be held in Vietnam. All donations will be sent to the Friendship Village in Van Canh in Hanoi to benefit children affected by Agent Orange.

For the performance, couples have been chosen from the Olympic Dance Club, a group of high school and university students in Hanoi. Pegani Raffaela, an Italian dance instructor, who lives and works in Austria, has been invited to instruct them.

In the final stage of the Ball, guests are invited to join in a midnight Quadrille.

The event will attract the participation of famous Austrian and Vietnamese artists. The Austrian Ambassador expressed his hope that the event would be warmly welcomed. He is also pleased with the results of Austria-Vietnam cooperation in cultural, educational, and socioeconomic fields. 

The Austrian Embassy is keen to help Foreign Literature Magazine publish a compilation of Austrian literature and other writings on Vienna to in Vietnam Times Newspaper. It plans to invite Austrian artists to a concert to perform Gustav Mahler’s Concerto No. 8 conducted by the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra.

PV