A working delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Khmer-Vietnam Association in Cambodia handed over donations to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin living in lockdown areas in Kandal and Prey Veng provinces on March 14 and 15, where over 150 COVID-19 cases have been found, including 10 Vietnamese-Cambodians.
Nearly 15,000 blood units were successfully collected through “Chung dong mau Viet 2020” (Blood for Vietnamese 2020) programme, bringing the total units of blood that Samsung Vietnam’s employees have donated since 2010 to 100,000.
The 14th Red Spring Festival - the year's biggest blood donation event – kicked off at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 28 with the theme “Safe blood donation – Don’t be afraid of COVID-19”.
The National Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation has set a goal to collect over 1.5 million blood units in 2021, with 99 percent of which donated by volunteers, according to Le Gia Tien, Director of the committee's Standing Office.
The Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation, said it had received approximately 1.7 million units of blood in 2020, which helped millions of patients, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Relief Board launched a campaign on October 17 calling for donations to be made to residents suffering the effects of flooding in the nation’s central region.
The National Assembly Standing Committee, NA Office and NA agencies launched a campaign in Hanoi on October 16 to call for donations to residents hit by floods in the central region.
Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and families with Vietnamese adoptive children in Italy along with Italian friends have donated EUR4,200 (nearly US$5,000) to Da Nang Hospital in the central city of Da Nang for emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - Kelly Michelle Koch, a 53-year-old American woman who was the nation’s 83rd novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, has flown from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in order to donate plasma in an effort to save those infected by the virus.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) said on April 15 it has received nearly VND1,600 billion in donations to support the nationwide battle against COVID