January 05, 2020 | 19:31 (GMT+7)
Red Spring Festival in Lang Son sees thousands donate blood
More than 1,000 people from Lang Son city in the northern province of Lang Son participated in the blood donation drive known as the “12th Red Spring - Red Sunday Festival in 2020” on January 4.
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The Red Cross Society of Lang Son put on the blood donation program alongside the provincial youth union, Tien Phong (Vanguard) Newspaper, the National Traffic Safety Committee, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.
Nong Bich Thuan, President of the Red Cross Society of Lang Son, said the festival had proved to be a success for the province in the past, with the 2019 version seeing approximately 7,000 people register to donate blood, collecting over 4,400 units of blood in the process.
She added that the Lang Son Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation is aiming to collect over 500 blood units during the course of the festival in order to contribute to solving any blood shortages that may occur during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
Source: VOV