At the launching ceremony for the campaign at the hospital on March 25, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Tuan Canh, NOH Director underscored organ donation is a symbol of human compassion that transcends life itself, with each donated liver, kidney, cornea or tissue able offer a life-saving opportunity to those teetering on the edge of death.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has received 500,000 doses of measles vaccine presented by the Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC) to support a nationwide immunisation campaign.
The Federation of Vietnamese Associations in Germany has raised over 200,887 EUR (220,000 USD) among the community in the country to support people affected by Typhoon Yagi in the homeland.
Wilmar CLV (Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam), a member company of Wilmar International Limited from Singapore, has donated 7 billion VND (281,803 USD) in cash and supplies to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of the northern province of Quang Ninh to support people hit by Typhoon Yagi and forces engaging in search and rescue activities.
Over the past few days, Vietnamese embassies and communities in Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan and Tanzania have launched donation drives to raise funds for people affected by typhoon Yagi at home.
In a gesture of solidarity and cooperation, a delegation from the Huoi Puoc border guard station in the northern province of Dien Bien presented essentials to Border Guard Company 161 and Border Guard Company 163 under the Military Command of Laos' Luang Prabang province, at the Huoi Puoc border gate on June 5.
The “Million steps of kindness” walk campaign held by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the Vietnam Youth Federation to call on the community to engage in physical activities to raise donations to the needy, has surpassed its goal, even 12 days earlier than the schedule.
Delegations from Vietnam's central province of Quang Binh and Khammouan province of Laos presented gifts, and handed over civil works to the authority and people of Lang Khang village cluster in the Lao locality at a ceremony on November 22.
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, representing the Royal Thai Government, extended a contribution of 3 million THB (84,530 USD) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on August 16 received a donation of 200,000 USD from the Vietnam-Laos energy investment and development company to support flood victims in Laos.
The number of human organ trafficking crimes has risen with increasingly sophisticated tricks and techniques, triggered by high demand and low rate of donation from dead brain donors, according to local authorities.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on October 20 handed over 3,000 EUR (nearly 3,000 USD) in donations to Maria Richter, director of a centre supporting the homeless and disadvantaged people in Lichtenberg district of Berlin.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has called on individuals and organisations at home and abroad to support central provinces hit by recent storms and flooding.
Cambodia Prime Minister Samdech Techno Hun Sen paid an official visit to Cuba from September 23 to 25 to foster the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Vietnam’s Thai Binh Corporation on August 19 donated 100,000 USD to help Cuba address the aftermaths of the massive blaze at an oil storage facility in Cuba’s Matanzas Industrial Park.
An art performance programme jointly held by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) on August 9 raised over 44 billion VND (over 1.88 million USD) from 171 organisations and individuals for the "For the national sea and islands – For the Fatherland frontline" fund.
Ho Chi Minh City on January 17 received 10,000 blood pressure monitors worth 8 billion VND (352,035 USD) donated by the Indochina Development Export Import Company Limited in aid of the local health sector's care for the elderly as well as COVID-19 prevention and control.
