(VNF) – Lotte Mart recently handed VND 200 million to Operation Smile Vietnam, to help the organization provide more free surgeries to needy kids.

Delegates at the sponsorship handover on July 27. (source: Operation Smile VN)

The sponsorship handover ceremony was held on July 27 in HCMC, marking the 4^th sponsorship campaign by Lotte Mart for Operation Smile Vietnam, with the purpose of bringing the smiles and confidence to Vietnamse kids suffering from cleft lips/palate.

The cash sponsored by Lotte Mart will be used to provide free-of-charge surgeries for 20 kids this September at HCMC Medical University, each costs VND 7 million.

For information of the operation, call 0904885555.

A cleft is an opening in the lip, the roof of the mouth or the soft tissue in the back of the mouth. A cleft lip may be accompanied by an opening in the bones of the upper jaw and/or the upper gum.

A cleft palate occurs when the two sides of a palate do not join together, resulting in an opening in the roof of the mouth. A cleft lip and palate can occur on one side or both sides. A child can suffer from a cleft lip, a cleft palate or both.

Operating in Vietnam since 1989, OS has offered examinations and operations for more than 40,000 children with congenital facial malformations./

( Translated by Phi Yen )