Vietnam Red Cross Society Explained

Vietnam Red Cross Society
Formation: (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
(current form since the formal Reunification of Vietnam)
Full Name:Viet Nam Red Cross Society
Native Name:Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam
Native Name Lang:vi
Formerly:Vietnamese: 1=Hội Hồng thập tự Việt Nam
Merger: (North) Vietnam Red Cross Society
Red Cross organization of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Purpose:Humanitarian
Headquarters:82 Nguyễn Du st., Hai Bà Trưng district, Hanoi
Membership:International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Membership Year:from 1957, as North Vietnam
Leader Title:Honorary President of the Society
Leader Name:Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng
Leader Title2:Headquarters President of the Society
Leader Name2:Bùi Thị Hòa
Parent Organization: Vietnamese Fatherland Front
Website:http://redcross.org.vn/
Footnotes:History of Viet Nam Red Cross Society

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC;), alternatively the Viet Nam Red Cross Society or the Vietnamese Red Cross Society, is a member (National Society) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies headquartered in Hanoi. The organisation was established during the First Indochina War, and originally had two branches. The Northern branch was established in Hanoi in 1946, and the Southern branch was established by Dr Ho Van Nhut in Saigon in 1951.[1]

The Southern branch functioned separately from the Northern Branch and was officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross,[2] to address the increasing needs for assistance to Vietnamese civilians caught in the conflict between North and South Vietnam during the Indochina War and to those affected by natural disasters. The official name of the organization was Vietnamese Red Cross (VRC), with its headquarters at an avenue in central Saigon named after the organization. The VRC played an important role in the program of aid to the million refugees from North to South Vietnam, following the Geneva Agreement in 1954.

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Notes and References

  1. Lê Văn Trá. L’oeuvre de la Croix Rouge Vietnamienne – Une longue interview du Dr Hồ Văn Nhựt. L’ami du peuple, Saigon, 26 Juillet 1953. Directeur–Fondateur: Nguyễn Thế Truyền.
  2. Véronique Harouel-Bureloup. L'action du CICR en Indochine. Media & Humanitaire. Web site: L'action du CICR en Indochine | grotius.fr . 2011-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091115164046/http://www.grotius.fr/node/450 . 2009-11-15 .