The Red Spring Festival 2018 took place in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on March 7. (Photo: plo.vn) Binh Phuoc (VNA) – The Red Spring Festival 2018 took place in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on March 7, attracting over 800 young people and volunteers to donate blood.
Opening the festival, the organising board presented certificates of merit and gifts to five families, five collectives and 66 individuals in honour of their achievements in voluntary blood donation.
Nguyen Thi Thuan, Vice Chairwoman of the provincial Red Cross Society, said volunteers donate nearly 12,000 blood units each year, 70 percent of them are frequent donors.
At the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tien Dung launched the blood donation campaign calling on walks of life to raise humanitarian sense and donate blood to save people.
On the morning the same day, the organising board collected 450 units of blood./.
VNA
