Red Spring Festival expects to collect over 4,000 blood units
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”.
Hanoi (VNA) – The 14th Red Spring Festival - the year'sbiggest blood donation event – kicked off at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 28with the theme “Safe blood donation – Don’t be afraid of COVID-19”.
In his opening remarks, Director of the National Instituteof Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) Bach Quoc Khanh, who is head of thefestival’s organizing board, said that the festival has been held annuallysince 2008 to address blood shortages after the lunar New Year holiday, andgradually changed public awareness of blood donation.
After 13 editions, the festival has collected over 85,000blood units and become the annual biggest blood donation event.
Khanh took the occasion to express his gratitude fordonators nationwide.
The 14th edition is taking place from March 1-7at the NIHBT headquarters, and three fixed places - 26 Luong Ngoc Quyen in HoanKiem district, 132 Quan Nhan in Thanh Xuan district, and Valley 122 of LangStreet in Dong Da district.
The organizing board expects to receive over 4,000 bloodunits during this year’s festival, which then will be allocated to nearly 180hospitals and medical establishments of 28 provinces and cities in the northernregion.
It has also made thorough preparations to welcome donors soas to ensure COVID-19 prevention and control as recommended by the World HealthOrganisation and the Health Ministry./.
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.
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.
With Tet (Lunar New Year) approaching together with the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, blood donations to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) have decreased.
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Young people donate their blood (Photo: VNA) 
