In Ho Chi Minh City, the event gathered more than 3,000 local students, workers and public servants who donated more than 6,000 blood units.

Addressing the opening of the event, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc said that the campaign is of humanitarian significance as the demands for blood at hospitals normally increase during the Lunar New Year holiday which is coming in about three weeks.

Red Sunday in the central city of Da Nang draws nearly 1,000 youngsters.

The campaign was initiated by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper in 2009. Last year, it was held in 25 cities and provinces, collecting more than 32,000 blood units.

Also on January 13, the northern province of Bac Giang held the Red Sunday programme and launched the Red Spring Festival 2019, which will run through March 15. The province targets at least 6,000 people engaging in the event and 3,000 blood units, completing 20 percent of the goal for the whole year.

This is the fourth year that Bac Giang has opened the Red Spring festival by the Red Sunday event.

The same day, nearly 1,000 youngsters in the central city of Da Nang flocked to the local Red Sunday site. The city expected to receive about 800 blood units in the day.

At the same time, in Thanh Hoa city of central Thanh Hoa province, 1,500 volunteers also donated about 700 blood units during the Red Sunday event.

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. 

 

Doctor in Son Dong district honored for donating blood to save patient’ life

(BGO) – The People’s Committee in Son Dong district, Bac Giang province on August 7 presented the Certificate of Merit and an instant cash reward to Doctor Hua Van Hung, Head of the Department of Traditional Medicine in district General Hospital who donated the precious blood to save the patient.      

 

Son Dong commends medical staff donating blood to save patient’ life

(BGO) – The General Hospital in Son Dong district, Bac Giang province on July 27 presented the Certificate of Merit granted by the Department of Health to the staff who donated their precious blood to save the patient suffering from the maternal hemorrhage. 

 

Festival marks end of Red Journey blood drive in Hanoi

A festival was held in Hanoi on July 14 to review a blood donation campaign entitled “Red Journey 2018”, which has run since June 13.

 

People brave severe heat to donate blood in many provinces

Thousands of people in northern mountainous and central provinces have braved the severe hot weather to take part in blood donation events of the Red Journey campaign over the past days.

 

Source: VNA