Nghe An Rose Drop Gala 2016

(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of July 25, in Vinh city, the Organizing Committee of the 2016 Red Journey cross-country voluntary blood donation program in coordination with the Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation of Nghe An province organized the 2016 Nghe An Red Drop Gala Night - Connecting Vietnamese Blood, aiming to mobilize people to actively participate in the blood donation program to save lives on the morning of July 26.

Thousands of arms raised ready to volunteer to donate blood to save lives

Attending the Gala Night, on the Central side, there were Ms. Tran Thi Huong - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, Member of the National Steering Committee for the Campaign for Blood Donation; Mr. Le Lam - Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Deputy Organizing Committee of the Red Journey 2016.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee; Vuong Quang Minh - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Nguyen Luong Hong - Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Steering Committee for the Mobilization of Youth Volunteers, Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Red Cross Society; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and a large number of people in the province.

There were also program ambassadors and 70 Red Journey volunteers.

The art program speaks for itself for the volunteers of the Red Journey 2016 program.

The Red Journey is a cross-country blood donation campaign organized by the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in collaboration with VTV24 News Center, Vietnam Television, and Vong Tay Viet Charity Joint Stock Company, to overcome the shortage of blood for treatment during the summer every year, practically responding to the "Summer Blood Drops" campaign nationwide.

This is the 4th time the cross-country blood donation campaign has been organized in our country with the participation of 27 provinces/cities. This is also the 4th consecutive year that the Red Journey has come to Nghe An.

Comrade Le Minh Thong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee warmly welcomed the 4th consecutive Red Journey to Nghe An.

Speaking at the Gala Night, comrade Le Minh Thong, on behalf of the people of Nghe An province, warmly welcomed the Red Journey to Nghe An. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee briefly informed the Organizing Committee of the program about the achievements of the voluntary blood donation movement in the province. Accordingly, the work of mobilizing blood donation to save lives has always been of interest to Nghe An, directed and participated in with a high sense of responsibility. People responded enthusiastically to participate, the amount of blood collected in the years always exceeded the set plan.

Ms. Tran Thi Huong - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, Member of the National Steering Committee for Blood Donation Movement spoke highly of the results of the blood donation movement in Nghe An province.

In 2015, Nghe An mobilized 22,888 blood units, reaching 100.9%. In the first 6 months of 2016, 12,089/22,000 blood units were received. Thereby, contributing to saving the lives of thousands of patients in hospitals throughout the province.

Responding to the Red Journey program in 2016, comrade Le Minh Thong called on social forces to participate in voluntary blood donation to meet the need for blood in emergency and treatment; Everyone should share their blood in the voluntary blood donation movement to save the lives of patients./.

Thanh Son