More than 1.5 million units of blood were donated nationwide in 2023, with 99% of which came from voluntary blood givers who account for 1.5% of the total population, heard a conference to review the voluntary blood donation work in Hanoi on January 12.

The Thai Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City held a blood donation drive on December 2 to mark the birth anniversary of the country’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the National Day and Father’s Day, which falls on December 5.

The 2023 Red Journey blood donation campaign has collected more than 115,000 units after two months, according to Director of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Nguyen Ha Thanh.

VOV.VN - Approximately 1.5% of Vietnamese population has joined blood donation drives, with more than 1.4 million units of blood being collected last year, according to figures compiled by the Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation.

Samsung Vietnam on February 15 launched a blood donation programme at its factories in response to Red Sunday 2023 and resolve the blood shortage in treatment and emergencies after Tet (Lunar New Year).

VOV.VN - The 2023 Red Spring Festival, the largest national blood donation festival, was launched at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hanoi on February 6, hoping to receive approximately 8,000 blood units.

Vietnam is hoping that 1.5% of the population will donate blood to collect 1.47 million units next year.

VOV.VN - Amid the dengue fever epidemic remaining complicated with a number of serious cases, the organizing board of the Red Sunday campaign has called on those who are healthy enough to actively participate in platelet donation.

VOV.VN - A total of 19 collectives and individuals were honoured for their outstanding contributions to volunteer work this year, at an awards ceremony held in Hanoi on December 3.

VOV.VN - The 10th Red Journey, the largest blood donation drive in Vietnam organised by the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions, kicked off on June 2 in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.