Summer blood donation campaign set to open

A nationwide summer campaign to encourage people to donate blood launched on May 8 expects to collect 140,000 units that will benefit around 100,000 patients in the next three months.

The Vietnam Red Cross Association, the Central Blood Transfusion and Hematology Center and the Hanoi Youth Volunteers Association for Humanitarian Blood Donation Campaigns are organizing the campaign. A spokesperson said it would send out a message to the public to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Red Cross and Red Crescent on May 8. The rector of the Central Blood Transfusion and Hematology Center told a media briefing Tuesday that nearly 3,000 volunteers have already registered to work for the campaign that would counsel 2 million people on blood donation issues and encourage at least 196,000 to donate blood. Source: VNA