Volunteer Festival 2014 launched in HN

VGP - The Viet Nam Volunteer Festival 2014 was kicked off on December 6 in Ha Noi with the participation of around 10,000 volunteers from nearly 100 Vietnamese and foreign organizations.

December 07, 2014 2:59 PM GMT+7

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The event was part of activities to mark 15 years of the Viet Nam youth volunteer campaign and the International Volunteer Day (December 5).

Under the theme “I love Viet Nam,” the festival consisted of meaningful activities including a large-scale blood donation, targeting to collect 2,500 units of blood; a program against domestic violence, a communication campaign against human trafficking, and a charity event for mountainous children.

On the occasion, organisations and individuals with great contributions to voluntary blood donations were honoured.

The 20-year old Association of Youth Blood Donor Recruiters received a certificate of merit from the Prime Minister while 10 outstanding volunteers in the north was also presented with merit certificates in recognition of their contributions in volunteer activities in 2014./.

By Kim Anh