Signing ceremony of sponsorship contract and nutrition consulting contract SLNA FC – NIKKOKUTRUST

On October 25, 2023, within the framework of the Vietnam - Japan Joint Venture Announcement Ceremony between Tan Long Group and two Japanese partners, Nikkokutrust Group and Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group, the sponsorship contract for Song Lam Nghe An Football Club from Nikkokutrust Group and the nutrition consulting contract with Song Lam Nghe An Football Club by Nikkokutrust Vietnam Company (a member of Nikkokutrust Group) were signed at the same time.

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Truong Sy Ba - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tan Long Group Joint Stock Company; Mr. Truong Manh Linh - General Director of Song Lam Nghe An Sports Joint Stock Company; Mr. Wako Kiharu - Chairman of NikkokuTrust Group; Mr. Nakata Bunjiro - CEO of NikkokuTrust Group; Mr. Anegawa Takehiro - General Director of NikkokuTrust Vietnam Company; Mr. Nakano Yoshiaki - Member of the Board of Directors of the Group and General Director of Kiraboshi Consulting Company; Mr. Kojima Yoshikazu - Director of International Cooperation Department of Kiraboshi Bank; Mr. Ina Akira - General Representative of Kiraboshi Bank in the ASEAN region.

Accordingly, Nikkokutrust is the co-sponsor of Song Lam Nghe An Club starting from the 2023/24 season. Not only does SLNA Team 1 receive sponsorship from the Group from Japan, Nikkokutrust will send the Group's leading nutrition consultants to coordinate with SLNA FC to research and develop a scientific diet to improve the nutritional quality of meals, physical condition and fitness for young players. Thereby increasing the strength in training and competition for athletes of Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center.

Thus, on the official competition jersey of Song Lam Nghe An Club for the 2023-2024 season, in addition to Grand Sport, Gao AAn, Eurosun, there is also the Nikkokutrust brand. This is positive news for Song Lam Nghe An Club and a great source of encouragement for coach Phan Nhu Thuat and his team.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Truong Sy Ba - Chairman of Tan Long Group, Chairman of Song Lam Nghe An Club said:“At today's Joint Venture Announcement Ceremony, I am also very pleased to welcome representatives from NikkokuTrust Vietnam Company - a member of NikkokuTrust Group - in the role of nutrition consultant for SLNA Football Club. In sports in general and football in particular, scientific research on nutrition is extremely important to improve the physical foundation of players. With a team of experienced chefs and nutritionists, we believe that NikkokuTrust Vietnam Company will coordinate with the Coaching Board to research and develop a scientific diet based on the health characteristics and training and competition time of SLNA players. Thereby contributing to improving competition performance and providing many good seeds for important tournaments in the region and internationally.

To achieve the success of the event of establishing the Joint Venture and signing the sponsorship contracts today, I would like to express my deep gratitude to NikkokuTrust Group for choosing Tan Long Group to join us in carrying out the mission of "Eat Clean - Live Healthy" for the Vietnamese people, creating more conditions for the SLNA football team to compete well when the new season has just begun".

Mr. Wako Kiharu - President of NikkokuTrust Group shared:“Currently, the groupNikkokutrustis a consulting unit for many athletes competing in Japan and they have achieved relatively high results in domestic and international competitions.

From there, we also hope that in the near future, athletes in Vietnam willNikkokutrustNutritional consultants will reap many successes in the future. For example, in the World Cup dream of the Vietnam National Team, we hope to have many contributions from players from SLNA".

Information about Nikkokutrust Group (Japan)

Nikkokutrust Group, founded in 1941, is one of the pioneering companies in Japan in the field of office cafeterias with a history of more than 82 years of development. Currently, Nikkokutrust has 2,000 chefs, 1,000 nutritionists and a synchronous corporate management network for more than 1,000 meal supply locations in Japan. At the same time, the Group also owns the No. 1 nutrition management software development company in Japan. In Vietnam, Nikkokutrust has 2 member companies operating in Hanoi.

Information about SLNA Youth Football Training Center

Up to now, SLNA has 208 athletes regularly practicing and living at the youth center.

After 44 years of construction and development, SLNA's youth teams have won many national championships such as:

U9 Team: 2-time champion

U11 Team: 7 times champion

U13 team: 10-time champion

U15 team: 4 times champion

U17 team: 8 times champion

U19 team: 5 times champion

U21 team: 5 times champion

In 2023, SLNA Youth Training Center contributed many players to the National Youth Teams such as Dinh Xuan Tien, Tran Nam Hai, Nguyen Van Viet, Le Nguyen Hoang, Le Dinh Long Vu,...