‘Red Sunday’ blood donation campaign 2018

This year’s ‘Red Sunday’ blood donation campaign, with the participation of 31 provinces and cities nationwide, is anticipated to collect an estimated 35,000 units of blood to solve the issue of blood shortage during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

The campaign, which has been jointly organized by the Tien Phong newspaper, the National Committee for Traffic Safety, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT), began in mid-December 2017 and will run until the end of January 2018.

So far, 19 provinces and cities have participated in the campaign and have collected nearly 25,000 units of blood, reaching 67% of the set plan. This is the 10^th consecutive year that the blood donation campaign has been held, contributing to tackling blood shortages for medical treatment.