A total of 100 outstanding blood donors were honoured at a meeting held in Hanoi on June 4 by the Steering Committee for Voluntarily Blood Donation Mobilisation.
Many of the honourees have donated their blood more than 60 times, including Nguyen Tri Hieu and Tran Thanh Long (70 times), Tran Kinh Quoc (68 times), and Vo Hong My (67 times), all from Ho Chi Minh City.
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Outstanding blood donors honoured at the meeting.
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The organising board also acknowledged donors of rare blood types and those living in remote areas at the event.
The meeting has been held annually since 2008 to pay gratitude and acknowledge volunteer blood donors across the country.
According to the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, nearly 1.4 million units of blood were collected in 2018 with 98.3% of them being donated by volunteers.
On the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day 2019, the seventh blood donation campaign - Hanh Trinh Do (Red Journey) will take place from June 13 to July 28 with the participation of 39 provinces and cities nationwide. Among them, Dak Nong, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, Lao Cai and Lai Chau will attend the journey for the first time.
This year’s campaign is the longest edition to be held so far with the largest number of participating localities.
12th Spring blood donation drive started
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on February 23 beat the drum during a ceremony in Hanoi to officially start the 12th nationwide Spring blood donation drive.
Launching voluntary blood donation on Tet occasion and Red Spring Festival 2019
(BGO) – The Steering Board for voluntary blood donation (Steering
Board) in the northern province of Bac Giang on January 13 joined hand with the
provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, representative office of Tien
Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper in Bac Giang, Steering Board for voluntary
blood donation (VBD) in Yen Dung district to launch the VBD campaign on the Tet
occasion and Red Spring Festival 2019 at the Yen Dung No.3 High School
Nearly 70 blood donation points nationwide for Tet
There are now nearly 70 places for blood donation throughout the country in anticipation of the coming Lunar New Year, the longest festival in Vietnam, organizers of the drive announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 6.
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.
Source: NDO
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