Hanoi, Jan. 11 -- 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.

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 high...