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Doctors at the Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108 has successfully conducted first double arm transplant in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

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.

The inspiring journey of WeChoice Awards 2018 ended with a gala night in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5, honouring the most inspirational persons, stories, events, products and works with positive impacts on the community.

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.

The Vietnam National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation (VNHOT) and Vietnam Airlines signed an agreement on supporting tissue and organ transportation by air in Hanoi on July 31.

The number of people registered for tissue and organ donation has remained very small and fails to meet the nation’s demand for organ transplants, said Nguyen Hoang Phuc, Deputy Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.

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.

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.