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The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) currently has about 16,000 units of blood in its blood bank, including over 6,000 units of blood type O.

Volunteer students in Ho Chi Minh City have made 2,000 square glutinous rice cakes as presents to needy and homeless people in the city on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (or Tet).

HCM City’s Blood Bank, Blood Donation Centre and hospitals organised blood donation programmes throughout the city for Tet holiday to prepare for a possible shortage as more accidents occur during the period.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has called on management officials, agencies, organisations, and businesses to join in encouraging more people to donate blood to help hospitals ease the chronic shortage.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) on January 13 launched a SMS programme to support poor workers during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has called on people to donate blood as the institute is in dire need of blood type O.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society will host a charity show, to be broadcast live by Vietnam Television, on January 7 to raise funds for the poor and AO/dioxin victims on the upcoming Lunar New Year

More than 1.1 billion VND (48,400 USD) was raised to build flood-proof houses at a musical event in Hanoi on December 3.

As many as 527 people voluntarily registered to donate their body and organs after death at a recent event held at Giac Ngo Pagoda in HCM City.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Truong Van Dung’s family restaurant, located near An Nghiep Industrial Zone offers meals for just 2,000 VND. Poor people living in the area arrive to enjoy soup, a vegetable and meat.

As part of its traditional attachment to the nation, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has considered external affairs a key task in line with the country’s international integration. ​

Situated along Nhieu Loc Canal in HCM City’s District 1, Van Tho Pagoda has been a trusted place for free traditional cures for sprains, fractures and muscle and bone injuries for more than 30 years.

Nearly 1,000 people registered to donate their tissue and organs at a health festival that took place in the northern province of Nam Dinh on November 17.

The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians on October 31 launched a campaign to raise funds for flood-hit residents in northern mountainous and north central provinces of the home country.

Up to 78.5 percent of Vietnamese consumers give to charities

The Breast Cancer Network Vietnam is calling for hair donations as part of the Pink Hat Festival, which is held on October 29 to raise awareness, especially among women, about the threat of breast cancer.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia on October 20 held a ceremony to raise funds for flood-hit residents in the northern mountainous and north central provinces of the home country.

The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) opened its 35th General Assembly on October 17 with the participation of representatives from the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and about 1,500 delegates.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee has called for all organisations, agencies and community join hands in supporting people suffering from recent floods in northern and central localities.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan have joined the fund-raising campaign to support flood victims in northern mountainous and central localities.