Many young people donate blood at the Chu nhat đo2021 (Red Sunday) blood donation festival at Hanoi University of Technology. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thousands of people, mainly youngsters and students, participated
in () blood donation festival, which opened
at the in the capital city on January 17.
With
the theme “Donating blood to save people – Your Life and My Life”,
the annual event is organised by Tien
Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Steering Committee for
Traffic Safety and the
(NIHBT).
The
annual event has become a meaningful humanitarian activity on a national scale,
aiming to handle blood shortages during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Speaking
at the event, Le Xuan Son, Editor-in-Chief of Tien
Phong newspaper, Head of the Red Sunday 2021 organising committee, said
that this year’s Red Sunday was held early and will end later than every year
with an aim to collect more blood for emergencies and treatment
during and after the coming Tet.
“Since
the end of November 2020, a series of blood donation festivals have been
organised in 33 localities of 19 provinces and cities across the country. As of
January 16, the 13th Red Sunday has received more than 27,000 blood units. We
expect to receive at least 50,000 blood units at 80 localities of 43 provinces
and cities nationwide,” said Son./.
Source: VietnamPlus
