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Students donate blood at Ha Noi's Thong Nhat Park. The event was one of many activities in the lead up to celebrations marking the capital city's 1,000th anniversary. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Tran |
HA NOI — More than 5,000 people participated in social activities on Saturday in the lead up to Ha Noi's millennium.
More than 100 young doctors from 25 hospitals provided free medical check-ups and treatment to more than 1,000 former volunteer youths, war invalids, family members of fallen combatants and poor children.
Students and young people donated more than 1,000 units of blood to the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
Others collected waste, rode bicycles around Ha Noi's Old Quarter to disseminate information about environmental protection, and removed illegal advertisements from streets in Hoang Mai and Cau Giay districts.
Meanwhile, 1,000 students of the Nhat Nam martial arts' school gave a public performance and another 1,000 young people showed off their dancing and singing talents.
On this occasion, the Ha Noi Union of Young People presented 1,000 national flags to officers and soldiers on the Truong Sa islands and the City's Young Entrepreneurs Association granted scholarships worth VND500 million (US$25,700) to 1,000 poor students. — VNS
