Ho Chi Minh City, March 8 -- Nearly 5,000 volunteers, mostly university students and youth union members in Ho Chi Minh City, participated in a blood donation drive on March 8 under the 18th "Chu Nhat Do" (Red Sunday) Campaign.

The event was among the highlights of the nationwide Red Sunday programme, which encourages the community's participation in voluntary blood donation to help ensure adequate blood supplies for hospitals, particularly at the start of the year when demand is typically high.

Phung Cong Suong, Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong Newspaper and head of the organising committee, said the campaign aimed to mobilise large quantities of blood for patient treatment while strengthening the voluntary blood donation movement across ...