The Vietnamese community in Russia has raised over VND2 billion (US$81,433) to support people suffering damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in the home country during just one week after launching a donation campaign.

VOV.VN - Nearly 200 Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) employees joined a blood donation drive on September 17, with the event kicking off at the VOV headquarters on 58 Quan Su street in Hanoi.

In response to the appeal of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore on September 15 launched a campaign to raise funds to support people who were affected by Typhoon Yagi and subsequent floods in the homeland.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on September 15 launched a donation campaign to support people who have been affected by Typhoon Yagi.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man lauded blood donors nationwide while meeting 100 outstanding people in the voluntary blood donation campaign in Hanoi on June 14.

Thirty years after the blood donation movement was officially launched (January 24, 1994 - January 24, 2024), Vietnam has mobilised and received over 21.3 million units of blood, with the number of volunteer donors hitting 99%, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

Hanoi Eye Hospital 2 on June 13 became the first private hospital in Vietnam to launch a tissue bank and establish a branch for promoting human tissue and organ donation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 19 launched a campaign calling for organ and tissue donation to save people's lives, with the participation of leaders and former leaders from the Ministry of Health, alongside representatives from ministries, agencies and localities.

April 7 was designated as the “All People’s Voluntary Blood Donation Day” 24 years ago and, ever since, the blood donation movement has attracted the participation of tens of thousands of people across the country.

The Pink Spring blood donation this year kicked off on February 18, the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, earlier than in previous years, said the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT).