Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Uong Chu Luu expressed his admire to the donors and his hope that blood donation will reach further in the community, thus helping ease the shortage of the life-ensuring liquid, especially at major hospitals.

Miss Vietnam Tran Tieu Vy joins the voluntary blood donation campaign.

The current drive was launched on December 26 in Hanoi, expected to collect about 50,000 blood units during the 2019 Chu Nhat Do (Red Sunday).

The annual event is organized by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Steering Committee on Traffic Safety and the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions (NIHBT).

It was first held in 2008 for one Sunday in Hanoi, hence the name.

The campaign is an effort to ease the blood supply shortage in hospitals throughout the country during the holidays.

The one-month long event will take place in 39 provinces and cities across the country, including the main festival in Hanoi on January 6. Many localities have registered to collect thousands of blood units such as Hanoi (6,000), HCM City (3,000) and Dak Lak (3,800).

In the first year of the drive, there was only one place to collect blood with 96 units donated, but the figures recorded last year were 60 and over 47,000, respectively. Donors are of various age groups, regions and jobs, most of them youth.

39 cities and provinces respond to ‘Red Sunday’ blood donation programme

The annual ‘Red Sunday’ blood donation programme will take place in 39 cities and provinces across the country on January 6, 2019, heard a press conference held in Hanoi on December 26.

 

Health sector calls for blood donations ahead of Tet

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion has called on the community, especially those with type O blood, to donate blood in an effort to avoid a shortage during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.

 

Outstanding family in blood donation

(BGO) – All members of the family of Luong Van Hoa and Nguyen Thi Kim Dung in Dong hamlet, Tan My commune, Bac Giang city have actively participated in the blood donation campaigns for years. 

 

Bac Giang launches blood donation festival themed “Light up the dreams”

(BGO) – The Steering Board for blood donation in the northern province of Bac Giang and Bac Giang Blood Club on October 21co-organized the blood donation festival themed “Light up the dreams” in 2018.

 

Yen Dung honors typical blood donors

(BGO) – The second voluntary blood donation festival in 2018 was held on September 9 in Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province in connection with a ceremony honoring the typical collectives, families and individuals in blood donating campaign. 

 

Source: VNA