Nearly 5,000 volunteers, mostly university students and youth union members in Ho Chi Minh City, participated in a blood donation drive on March 8 under the 18th “Chu Nhat Do” (Red Sunday) Campaign.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s 19th Spring Red Festival, one of the country’s largest annual blood donation campaigns, has collected more than 5,000 units of blood within the first five days of its launch, underscoring strong community engagement and growing public awareness of voluntary blood donation.
VOV.VN - The 18th edition of Red Sunday, a nationwide voluntary blood donation campaign, was launched at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology on January 11, as Vietnam seeks to ensure stable blood supplies for medical treatment during peak periods.
Between December 31 and January 4, two cases of organ donation following brain death in Ho Chi Minh City helped save lives and restore sight for 13 patients, highlighting the deep humanitarian significance of organ donation.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Relief Mobilisation Board has received close to VND245 billion (US$9.3 million) in cash donations and more than VND136 billion worth of goods from agencies, organisations, enterprises and local residents to aid those affected by natural disasters.
VOV.VN - As historic floods devastate Vietnam’s central provinces, an extraordinary outpouring of solidarity has swept across the nation, with communities from north to south mobilising day and night to support those in need.
Surgeons at the 108 Military Central Hospital successfully carried out a multi-organ transplant using organs from a brain-dead donor on November 22, marking two consecutive weeks in November during which the hospital has helped save 29 patients.
Total donations to the “65 Years of Vietnam–Cuba Solidarity” campaign reached VND615 billion (US$23.34 million), 9.5 times higher than the initial target, heard the campaign's closing ceremony in Hanoi on October 18.
VOV.VN - Metfone, a subsidiary of Viettel Group, joined hands with Cambodia’s National Blood Transfusion Center to organize the 2025 Blood Donation Day on October 18 in Phnom Penh, carrying the message “One drop of blood- a million hearts.”
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee has announced channels for organisations and individuals to support of communities severely affected by Typhoon Bualoi.