Keyword: "Vietnam National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation"

Vietnam’s organ donation and transplantation sector is entering a new phase of development, underscored by rising public awareness, stronger institutional coordination, and notable medical achievements.

The number of people registering for organ donation is still very low, so it is necessary to step up the building of the legal corridor on this sensitive issue.

The Hanoi Red Cross Association has called on staff members of its units across the city to register as organ donors in a move to popularise the value of humanitarian organ donation in the community.

The family of a 27-year-old man in Hanoi, who was declared brain dead in a traffic accident, has voluntarily donated all of his internal organs as well as his corneas and tissues to patients needing replacement, according to the Vietnam National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.

Organ transplantation in Vietnam, despite difficulties, has recorded numerous achievements this year, giving hope to thousands of patients nationwide.

More than 300 people signed up as organ donors at a registration event held at Giac Ngo Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on December 23.

Nearly 600 people have registered to donate their organs for scientific research at a recent event held at Giac Ngo Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 10.

A 12-year-old girl who died on July 2 decided to donate her cornea, becoming the third-youngest person to make such donation in Vietnam.