Activities honour 100 voluntary blood donors nationwide
Hanoi (VNA) – A series of activities are underway in Hanoi
and the northern mid-land province of Phu Tho from July 27-29 to honour 100 exemplary voluntary blood donors
nationwide this year.
The
event, the 15th of its kind since the establishment of the National
Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation in 2008, was introduced
by the steering committee, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross
Society, the Ministry of Health, and the National Institute of Hematology and
Blood Transfusion in Hanoi on July 27.
It
aims to convey the message of calling on eligible people to join the
voluntary blood donation.
Activities will include a journey to pay tribute to the Hung Kings,
a ceremony to pay respect to President Ho Chi Minh, an incense-offering
ceremony at at
the Monument to Heroic Martyrs on Hanoi's Bac Son street, and a ceremony honouring 100 exemplary
voluntary blood donors across the nation for 2023 who will meet the Prime Minister
on the afternoon of July 29.
Over the past 15 years,
as many as 1,500 voluntary blood donors nationwide have been honoured.
Last year, over 1.43
million units of blood were donated nationwide, 99% of which came from
voluntary blood donors, or about 1.5% of the total.
Since
early this year, about 900,000 units of blood have been raised through various
campaigns./.