Thousands of people, mainly youngsters and students, participated in “Chu nhat do 2021” (Red Sunday) blood donation festival, which opened at the Hanoi University of Technology in the capital city on January 17.
Many young people donate blood at the Chu nhat đo2021 (Red Sunday) blood donation festival at Hanoi University of Technology. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Thousands of people, mainly youngsters and students, participatedin “Chu nhat do 2021” (Red Sunday) blood donation festival, which openedat the Hanoi University of Technology in the capital city on January 17.
Withthe theme "Donating blood to save people - Your Life and My Life",the annual event is organised by TienPhong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Steering Committee forTraffic Safety and the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions(NIHBT).
Theannual event has become a meaningful humanitarian activity on a national scale,aiming to handle blood shortages during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Speakingat the event, Le Xuan Son, Editor-in-Chief of TienPhong newspaper, Head of the Red Sunday 2021 organising committee, saidthat this year's Red Sunday was held early and will end later than every yearwith an aim to collect more blood for emergencies and treatmentduring and after the coming Tet.
“Sincethe end of November 2020, a series of blood donation festivals have beenorganised in 33 localities of 19 provinces and cities across the country. As ofJanuary 16, the 13th Red Sunday has received more than 27,000 blood units. Weexpect to receive at least 50,000 blood units at 80 localities of 43 provincesand cities nationwide,” said Son./.
Nearly 2,000 officials, cadres, youths and public security officers joined the annual 13th Red Sunday – a voluntary blood donation drive, in the central province of Thanh Hoa on December 13.
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.
Organisers expect to collect 50,000 blood units in the Chu Nhat Do 2021 (Red Sunday), a blood donation campaign that will be kicked off officially at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology in in the capital on January 17.
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.
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Many young people donate blood at the Chu nhat đo2021 (Red Sunday) blood donation festival at Hanoi University of Technology. (Photo: VNA) 
