Anna said the blanket is not only to celebrate the Thang Long – Hanoi millennium anniversary, but also symbolises the solidarity between the two nations in general and the cooperation between the French city of Montpellier and Vietnam’s Da Lat and Hanoi.

The AD@IY initiative started up two years ago in order to make the best use of waste wool to make a present for AO victims and raise public awareness of environmental protection and condemn crimes against nature.

“It is humanitarian work that gives us the chance to work and talk together,” said Maguey and Rose who helped to knit part of the French half of the blanket from their Montpellier rest home.

The initiative soon received a response from the Montpellier authorities and public, UNICEF and other associations. Balls of wool were sent to AD@IY from everywhere and many volunteers took part in the campaign to collect wool for the blanket.

A similar half of the blanket is also being completed in Da Lat. After being joined, the blanket will come up for auction to raise money for AO victims. It will then be separated to send to child victims, as an evidence of international assistance in the fight against AO.

The blanket is current still being knitted, in an effort to be recognised by the Guiness book as the world’s biggest woollen blanket.