Manila Declaration – Engaging local humanitarian actions in a fast-changing world
10th Asia Pacific Regional Conference The Manila Declaration Engage Local Humanitarian Action in a Fast-Changing World We, the leaders of the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the Asia Pacific region, gathered in Manila for the 10th Asia Pacific Regional Conference, from 11 to 14 November 2018, Recalling and building on the Beijing…
Vietnam Red Cross and “Volunteers on the wheels”
In May 2018, the Red Cross Society of China launched an ambitious new initiative to provide one million volunteers with bicycles so that they can better reach isolated and vulnerable communities in China. Dubbed the “Volunteers on Wheels” project, the initiative is the result of a partnership between the Red Cross Society of China and…
Phu Tho: Organize medical examination and medicine for 300 people in Son Hung commune
Phu Tho Provincial Red Cross in collaboration with the Provincial General Hospital organized free medical examination and treatment for 300 people in Son Hung commune, Thanh Son district, Phu Tho province. The program is sponsored by Coca Cola Vietnam Ltd and Ha Trung Co., Phu Tho. Attending the program were Mr. Bui Van Huan –…
Nghe An: Raising skills for disaster prevention for mountainous teachers
Facing the complicated situation of natural disasters in remote and isolated schools, on 10/11/2018, Nghe An Red Cross organized training courses to improve the knowledge of safe schools for 90 primary and secondary school teachers of Muong Ti commune, Muong Xang town, Ky Son district. The training included safe school knowledge, safe school building steps,…
Vietnam Red Crosss response to the disaster in Khanh Hoa province
In order to support families affected by the torrential downpour in Khanh Hoa province, on 19 November 2018 the Vietnam Red Cross Headquarters decided to provide emergency relief both in-kind and cash grants. 10 household kits were delivered to 10 families whose houses were damaged. Cash grants of VND 3million were delivered to each family…
Workshop on “Developing the Project for Development and Improving the Efficiency of Volunteers in the new situation”
On the morning of November 20, 2018, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam Red Cross in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross organized a workshop on “Developing the Project for Improvement and Improvement of Operational Effectiveness of volunteers in the new situation “. Ms. Tran Thi Hong An, Vice President of…
Hanoi Red Cross – The leading Chapter of the Red Cross nationwide
On the morning of November 21, at the Intellectual Property Center in Hanoi, the Ha Noi Red Cross celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Red Cross, the 61th anniversary of the founding of Hanoi Red Cross and the final contest of excellent red Cross staff of the city in 2018. Attending…
Hanoi to host regional meeting of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
VRCS officials make donation to support compatriots in Central Vietnam suffering from Storm Doksuri, Hanoi, on September 18. (Credit: qdnd.vn) NDO – The 14th Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting is scheduled for Hanoi, on September 21-22, gathering the leaders, presidents, secretary generals and senior management of 11 regional Societies’ members and representatives…
Australian Government to strengthen the capacity on prevention and response to new and emerging communicable diseases in Vietnam
On 11 June 2018, at Vietnam Red Cross Headquarters’ office, Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, the President of Vietnam Red Cross had a meeting with the Delegation of Australian Government, led by Mr. Peter Versegi, the Australian Ambassdor for Regional Health, Development Policy Division of the Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade. Meeting between Vietnam…
The United Nations allocates over US$ 4 million for emergency disaster response in Viet Nam
Ha Noi, 28 November 2017 – Following the devastating impact of Typhoon Damrey in Viet Nam, the United Nations (UN) has approved an additional allocation of US$ 4.21 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide life-saving assistance to 150,000 people, including 46,973 children, in six affected provinces. Typhoon Damrey made landfall on 4…