Vietnam Red Cross Society

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC; Vietnamese: Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam), alternatively the Viet Nam Red Cross Society or the Vietnamese Red Cross Society, is the Vietnamese national affiliation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and domestically a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. 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]

Vietnam Red Cross Society

Viet Nam Red Cross Society
Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam
Logo and symbol of the VNRC. It uses the bamboo leaves symbolism as a reference to the Vietnamese culture.
Predecessor	Vietnamese Red Cross
Formation	November 23, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-11-23) (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) July 31, 1976; 49 years ago (1976-07-31) (current form since the formal Reunification of Vietnam)
Merger of	(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 (from 1957, as North Vietnam)
Honorary President of the Society	Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng
Headquarters President of the Society	Bùi Thị Hòa
Parent organization	Vietnamese Fatherland Front
Website	http://redcross.org.vn/
Formerly called	Vietnamese: Hội Hồng thập tự Việt Nam
History of Viet Nam Red Cross Society

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.

Banner at the Red Cross office in the Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi