After a two-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Consular Club’s Annual International Charity Bazaar resumed in HCMC on November 12, featuring 70 booths from 20 countries.
The 27th bazaar showcased various products such as handicrafts, clothes, scented candles, bags, jewelry, food, and wine from Italy, Canada, Britain, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. The meaningful event, held at the Caravelle Hotel in downtown HCMC, attracted hundreds of guests.
All the money raised at the bazaar will be used to fund social projects mainly targeting poor students and underprivileged children in Vietnam.
The Consular Club of HCMC is an established volunteer-run charity of almost 30 years working to improve the living quality of disadvantaged people in Vietnam, focusing on aid for orphans, the disabled, the elderly, and ethnic minority groups.
Representatives cut a ribbon to launch the 27th Annual International Charity BazaarMembers of the Consular Club of HCMC pose for a group photoGuests look at products at a booth of IndonesiaItems such as bags, bookmarks, and some accessories upcycled from old school uniformsJewelry on display at a booth of IndiaVarious products from the NetherlandsA guest tries a braceletConsul General of Thailand in HCMC Wiraka Moodhitaporn poses for a photo at the food booth of the Royal Thai Consulate General in HCMCMango-sticky rice, one of Thailand’s famous specialties, is on display at the bazaarAgustaviano Sofjan, Consul General of Indonesia in HCMC, shares his feeling about the international charity bazaarA visitor at a booth of organic productsA food booth of SingaporeA hall crowded with guests to the 27th Annual International Charity BazaarScented candles on displayBooks showcased at a booth of CanadaMilena Padula (in red), president of the Consular Club, talks with the acting consul general of Kuwait in HCMCWatanabe Nobuhiro, Consul General of Japan in HCMC, poses for a photo at a booth of products made from Japanese silk fabricHand-woven products put on sale at the bazaarThe Consul General of Japan in HCMC reads a lucky number of the draw, part of the bazaar
