April 02, 2017 | 19:16 (GMT+7)
Troops join blood donation drive
PANO – More than 120 cadres and soldiers of Construction Corporation 789 under the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army joined a blood donation drive on April 1.
Corporation 789's officials donating their blood at the event
The drive was held by the corporation, in association with the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics, in response to the “Red Journey” program, connecting the Vietnamese bloodstream in 2017.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Major Ninh Thu Trang, the corporation’s Deputy General Director, hailed the corporation’s officers and youths in donating blood for patients with the motto “Save a life today by donating blood for those in need.”
Accordingly, the drive collected 80 blood units for surgery and treatment, contributing to easing a blood shortage at the hospital.
Translated by Thuy Duong