This year’s LoretoFest charity concert will be supported by Viet Nam’s top rock singer Pham Anh Khoa as the Loreto Ambassador. Khoa has been associated with the event since it was founded in 2007.

An outdoor concert, Loreto-Fest, will be held on the lawns of RMIT University in HCM City to raise funds for underprivileged Vietnamese children on Saturday, organisers have said.

Organised by the Loreto Viet Nam Australia Programme (LVAP), the annual event raises approximately US$50,000 through sponsorship and attendance donations.

LoretoFest 2010 is the fourth edition of the much anticipated concert where organizations and individuals in the city wanting to assist disadvantaged children join together for a day of good music, cooking and beverages, not to mention games and other activities for children.

This year’s LoretoFest highlights Viet Nam’s top rock singer Pham Anh Khoa as the Loreto Ambassador, who has been participating in the event since its inception in 2007.

Australian bands Wagons and Mojo Webb will perform at the concert. Local artists taking the stage will include rock stars Pham Anh Khoa and Anh Khang, and rap singers Quan Rapsoul, and Suboi.

LVAP, which started operations in 1997, is committed to “lifting learners into the future,” said Programme Co-ordinator Trish Franklin. “In this fourth music festival, we look forward to raising much needed funds to continue supporting initiatives supported by LVAP”.

In addition to the performances happening on two stages, many exciting side-show activities can be enjoyed by children and their parents, like mini golf, face painting, X-rock climbing, circus Performances, Smartkids Toddlers Area, supervised football and netball, and horse riding.

Tickets for Loreto Fest 2010 are on sale at Commonwealth Bank, the International School of HCM City, and RMIT University.

Over the past three years, LoretoFest has raised over $150,000 that has helped build the Sunrise Special School Campus 2 which focuses on vocational training for older students who are visually and hearing impaired, intellectually challenged as well as other underprivileged children.

Source: VNS