(VOVworld) – About 1,000 people have attended a festival entitled “Joining Hands for Life” to honor people who have donated organs and raise community awareness of organ transplant and donation.

The festival has been held annually to raise community awareness of organ transplantation and donation

With a message “Life is invaluable, please take a loving care of it”, the festival at the Youth Cultural Center in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday was a get-together of people who have donated their organ and tissue, relatives of brain-dead donors, and the receivers.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said there are thousands of people in Vietnam who are in need of organ transplant to survive. She called on people from all walks of life to register to donate organ and tissue when they die as a gift of life for others.