TPO - On the morning of March 24, Tien Phong Newspaper, the Standing Committee of the Can Tho City Youth Union, in coordination with the Southwest Mobile Police Regiment, organized the 16th Red Sunday Festival in 2024 at Battalion 1 (Can Tho City). During the morning, the program received nearly 700 units of blood.
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Opening ceremony atmosphere. |
Attending the Red Sunday festival were Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee - Nguyen Thuc Hien; Deputy Secretary of the City Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union of Can Tho City - Tran Viet Tuan; Lieutenant Colonel Duong Van Vu - Deputy Commander of the Southwest Mobile Police Regiment; representatives of the Red Cross Society, along with hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Mobile Police Regiment, youth union members and people of Can Tho City.
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Many young people and soldiers were present early to register to donate blood. |
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Mr. Tran Viet Tuan - Deputy Secretary of the City Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union of Can Tho City said that the Red Sunday program is one of the community activities that has a great impact on society. The program is held annually, aiming to call for the participation of healthy people to support blood sources for treatment and saving lives at hospitals.
The program carries the message of promoting solidarity and love for each other, widely promoting the voluntary blood donation movement among all social classes, in which youth union members and students are the core force.
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Delegates attending the opening ceremony. |
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Deputy Secretary of the City Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union of Can Tho City - Mr. Tran Viet Tuan launched the voluntary blood donation movement at the festival. |
“For the health of the community and for the health of each person, I call on all groups and individuals to actively respond and register to donate blood to save lives. I hope that the youth union members and students attending today's program will continue to uphold the tradition of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, promote the spirit of volunteering for the community to donate blood and mobilize the whole society to donate blood. This is both a sentiment and a sacred responsibility of ours to the whole society," Mr. Tran Viet Tuan called.
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Representatives of Can Tho City Youth Union and Tien Phong Newspaper presented thank you letters to the accompanying units. |
Speaking at the program, Journalist Nguyen Ngoc Tien - Head of the News - Politics Department, in charge of the Tien Phong Newspaper Representative Office in the Mekong Delta, said that with the message "Donate blood - Your life and mine", the Red Sunday program has become an event of profound humanitarian significance on a national scale, aiming to overcome the blood shortage across the country.
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Leaders of Can Tho City People's Committee and representatives of Tien Phong Newspaper awarded Commemorative Medals for accompanying the organization of Red Sunday over many years in Can Tho City to the units. |
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Delegates take souvenir photos. |
Red Sunday was initiated by Tien Phong newspaper in 2009, in coordination with the National Traffic Safety Committee, the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, the Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and provinces and cities nationwide.
The program has received attention from Party and State leaders from the central to local levels. From the first blood donation point in Hanoi in 2009 with less than 100 units of blood collected, Red Sunday has now spread to 36 provinces and cities nationwide, with 75 blood donation points and over 50,500 units of blood received. In the Mekong Delta region, in addition to Can Tho City, Red Sunday has also spread to other provinces such as Kien Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, Ca Mau, Soc Trang...
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“On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to sincerely thank the leaders of Can Tho City, Can Tho City Youth Union, the Southwest Mobile Police Regiment, the City Red Cross Society and other relevant agencies for their coordination, support and facilitation in implementing this program. In particular, I would like to thank the volunteers who came here to donate their meaningful and humane drops of blood for the community,” shared Journalist Nguyen Ngoc Tien. |
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Leaders of Can Tho City People's Committee, Southwest Mobile Police Regiment, Tien Phong Newspaper visited soldiers participating in blood donation. |
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Lieutenant Colonel Vu Xuan Hoa - Deputy Commander of the Southwest Mobile Police Regiment participated in blood donation. |
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Private Phung Pham Thanh Danh, Battalion 1, Mobile Police Regiment donated blood at the festival. |
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The ladies participated in blood donation. |
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Beauty Queen Huynh Thuy Vi donates blood at the program. |
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Representatives of CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company and Tien Phong Newspaper presented gifts to blood donors. CP Vietnam Company has accompanied the Red Sunday program over the years. |
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According to the Organizing Committee, in the morning, the program received nearly 700 units of blood. |
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