Published:  00:00 Tuesday - November 02, 2010

More than 90 Miss Earth contestants from all over the world and 1,000 Vietnamese and foreign business people will gather at a charity gala dinner and cultural exchange to be held in HCM City next week to raise funds for central flood victims.

A 10-kilogramme ruby, a gemstone painting with the autographs of the contestants and a collection of wooden artworks will be auctioned among others. The artworks will have a minimum reserve price of US$2 million.

The event, scheduled to start at 5.30pm at the Queen Plaza in Tan Binh district, will be shown live on more than 10 television channels, including VTV, HTV, and VTC.

It is organised jointly by the Gia Gia Gemstones Corporation, the HCM City Red Cross Society, Lasta Joint-Stock Company, and Asean C&C Joint-Stock Company.

The month-long Miss Earth 2010 contest begins on November 4.