The total value of humanitarian activities carried out nationwide by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) last year reached nearly 5.2 trillion VND (197.84 million USD), assisting more than 8.7 million people, according to Vice President and General Secretary of the VRCS Central Committee Nguyen Hai Anh.

A representative of the Vietnam Red Cross Society delivers relief to a flood-hit resident in Hue city.

Major movements, such as the Humanitarian Tet (Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Festival), the Humanitarian Month, and the campaign “each organisation, each individual linked to a humanitarian address,” continued to affirm the VRCS’s role as a connecter of social resources.

The Tet campaign alone supported more than 2.6 million people, with a total value exceeding 1.34 trillion VND.

The Humanitarian Month remained a major highlight, mobilising over 786 billion VND – nearly 200% of the set target, supporting the construction and repair of 1,578 Red Cross houses and providing livelihood assistance to thousands of families.

Through sustainable support models, the society’s humanitarian activities not only addressed immediate difficulties but also contributed to stabilising long-term livelihoods, narrowing social gaps and strengthening the community's consensus.

In the field of disaster prevention, emergency response and relief, the core role of the VRCS was further clearly demonstrated. The society assisted more than 513,000 people, with total disaster prevention and response activities valued at over 1.23 trillion VND.

Cross-regional and cross-provincial relief efforts, as people nationwide joined hands to support disaster-affected localities, became vivid evidence of national solidarity during the most challenging times.

Alongside this, specialised humanitarian programmes such as those on nutrition for poor and disabled children, community healthcare, and the voluntary blood donation movement continued to yield positive results.

More than 1.75 million units of blood were mobilised and received nationwide.

Notably, a campaign to support the Cuban people, chaired and implemented nationwide by the VRCS Central Committee, lasted for 65 days and attracted more than 2.1 million contributions, raising over 656.7 billion VND, ten times higher than the initial target.

According to Do Thi Thu Thao, President of the VRCS, this year, the entire system aims to mobilise about 6 trillion VND in social resources, assisting between 9 - 10 million disadvantaged people nationwide.

The voluntary blood donation movement will continue steadily, with a target of mobilising more than 1.9 million units of blood. Disaster prevention, response, and emergency relief activities will focus on supporting hundreds of thousands of people in areas affected by natural disasters and climate change.

For the 2026 Humanitarian Month, the entire Red Cross system aims to raise over 800 billion VND and simultaneously implement humanitarian projects and initiatives at the grassroots level.

These goals are set not only to expand the scale of assistance but also to spread the spirit of compassion and mutual support, enhance the participation of society as a whole, and sustainably strengthen the great national unity bloc.

Vietnam Red Cross Society launches Tet gift campaign

The campaign aims to mobilise social resources to support 1.5 million disadvantaged individuals, including people with disabilities, the elderly, orphaned children and those affected by natural disasters, for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 

Vietnam Red Cross launches emergency aid for storm-hit provinces

The Vietnam Red Cross Society has decided to allocate over 3.3 billion VND (125,472 USD) in cash and goods to assist Dak Lak, Gia Lai, and Quang Ngai provinces, with the funding from its H2025 relief account at Vietcombank and from the “Clean Water for Communities” project, sponsored by Procter & Gamble (P&G) through Americares.

 

Vietnam Red Cross deploys emergency relief to flood-battered localities

The Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee approved over 4.8 billion VND (184,000 USD) in immediate relief, including cash and P&G clean water packets from partners.

 

Vietnam Red Cross launches emergency relief for communities affected by Typhoon Matmo

To help affected households overcome immediate difficulties, the VNRC has allocated nearly 1.7 billion VND (64,492 USD) in emergency aid, including cash support, essential goods, and P&G water purification powder.

 

Red Cross Society launches emergency relief for flood-hit Nghe An province

The committee has committed nearly 650 million VND (24,870 USD) in aid for flood-hit residents. This includes 200 million VND in cash for families who suffered fatalities, injuries, or significant losses of homes, livelihoods, and food; and hundreds of relief boxes.