A feature for blood donations in Vietnam will be launched on Facebook social network on February 16, enabling donors to easily connect with blood reception facilities.

VOV.VN - The 15th edition of the annual Xuan Hong (Red Spring) blood donation festival opened on February 12 at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) in Hanoi.

The 15th edition of the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) blood donation festival will take place from February 12 – 20, the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has announced.

VOV.VN - For the first time Vietnamese doctors at Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully conducted a renal transplant with a kidney taken from a relative who has a different blood group.

The Department of External Affairs of HCM City in collaboration with the HCM City Youth Union and the Thai Consulate General in the city have organised a blood donation event marking 45 years of the Thailand-Vietnam diplomacy.

VOV.VN - A haul of 700 samples of Covivac, a Vietnamese produced COVID-19 vaccine, have been sent to Canada to have its effectiveness evaluated, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Dinh Thiem, director of the Center for Clinical Trials under the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

Italy’s national emergency service 118 is willing to share experiences in COVID-19 treatment and looks forward to promoting cooperation with Vietnam in research and training for pandemic emergency.

A blood donation campaign was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 4 to supplement for the blood banks of nearly 150 hospitals in the city.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese scientists are set to conduct the second phase of a human clinical trial of locally produced COVID-19 vaccine Covivac in August following encouraging results in the first phase.

VOV.VN - Two additional COVID-19 patients have died in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Giang province, thereby taking the total number of fatalities to 112, the Ministry of Health announced on July 10.