Red Cross emulation cluster meeting of Central provinces

Attending and directing the conference were comrade: Nguyen Hai Anh - Vice President, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society.

On the side of Nghe An province, there was comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Honorary Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Red Cross Society, together with leaders of the Red Cross societies of 6 Central provinces including: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue.

At the conference, the Red Cross societies of the provinces in the cluster reviewed the work of the association and the Red Cross movement in 2023. The Red Cross societies in the cluster have done a good job of advising the Party committees and local authorities, directing and implementing key activities; constantly improving the quality and innovating the content of activities; promoting emulation movements to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Red Cross Society; concretizing Conclusion No. 44-KL/TW, dated November 14, 2022 of the Central Party Secretariat (10th tenure) on strengthening the Party's leadership over the work of the Vietnam Red Cross Society in the new situation; promptly implementing programs to support humanitarian addresses.

The entire cluster currently has 2,229 grassroots associations, with 17,019 branches, 328,730 members and 41,440 volunteers, 575,308 Red Cross youth. The activities of the associations at all levels have been truly proactive, bringing practical results, suitable to the actual conditions of each locality and the needs of the subjects.

During the year, many major activities and movements were implemented such as: "Humanitarian Tet" movement, "Humanitarian Month", Plan to propagate and mobilize voluntary blood donation, "Red Journey - Connecting Vietnamese Blood" program... Some humanitarian goals are being implemented well, the basic targets of the year have all reached and exceeded the set plan. The association levels in the cluster have mobilized and assisted 717,144 people who are poor, near-poor households, people in difficult circumstances, victims of Agent Orange, policy families, families affected by natural disasters and epidemics, with a total value of over 331.5 billion VND, mobilizing and receiving 137,442 units of blood...

Speaking at the conference, comrade Bui Dinh Long acknowledged: Over the past year, the association at all levels has taken the lead, promoted its core role, and coordinated humanitarian and charitable work; promoted movements and campaigns, attracting many charitable organizations and individuals to participate. Humanitarian relief activities, participation in preventing and responding to natural disasters and catastrophes have been organized regularly, increasingly professionally and effectively..., so that no one is left behind.

Also at the conference, comrade Nguyen Hai Anh - Vice President, General Secretary of the Vietnam Red Cross Society emphasized a number of issues that the Red Cross societies of the provinces in the cluster need to pay attention to: It is necessary to continue to focus on the grassroots, linked to the social security tasks and the reality of each locality; combine direct assistance and long-term livelihood support; expand the scope of assistance in both material and spiritual terms. Advise on the effective implementation of the conclusions of the Secretariat; decisions and directives of the Prime Minister on the work of the Red Cross Society. Units in the emulation cluster need to continue to proactively advise the Party Committee and the government to remove difficulties and shortcomings in the organization and operation of the association; take care of building the organization and developing volunteers.

At the conference, the provincial Red Cross Associations reviewed the emulation titles for 2023; at the same time, deployed tasks for 2024, focusing on implementing the movements "Humanitarian Tet", "Pink Spring Festival" 2024 and the Safety Program for Poor Fishermen; Nutrition for poor and disabled children achieved high results.