In 2015, Vinamilk spent 8 billion VND on the "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund.

Last July, Vinamilk’s “Vietnam Rising” Milk Fund organized a ceremony to give milk to children of families with meritorious services to the revolution in Nghe An. This was the first stop in the 2015 milk giving journey of the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund, marking a successful 7-year journey of the Milk Fund.

Giving milk to children of policy families in Nghe An province

In 2015, Vinamilk's "Vietnam Grow Tall" Milk Fund continued its mission, giving disadvantaged children a quantity of milk worth 8 billion VND, equivalent to 2 million glasses of milk for the "Vietnam Grow Tall" Milk Fund.

Nghe An is famous for its tradition of studiousness, with many famous families and villages of learning, and is the cradle of many famous generals, scientists, and cultural figures of national and international stature. With the meaning of gratitude to this historical land, on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day, the "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund program stopped in Nghe An to present milk to students of Dong Hieu Primary School, Thai Hoa Town, representing the children of Nghe An Province.

At Dong Hieu Primary School, Thai Hoa Town, Nghe An Province, 111,510 glasses of milk, equivalent to 520 million VND, were directly donated by representatives of the National Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs, leaders of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, representatives of provincial leaders, the Vietnam Children's Fund and Vinamilk leaders to 400 students (children of policy families with revolutionary contributions in Nghe An Province).

Ms. Truong Thi Mai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs, together with leaders of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and representatives of provincial leaders, the Vietnam Children's Fund and Vinamilk leaders presented milk to students in Nghe An province.

In this program, students had the opportunity to meet, chat and play fun games with the program's Ambassadors, Miss Ngoc Han and Comedian Xuan Bac. Previously, in 2014, Vinamilk also organized a ceremony to give milk directly to poor children in Co To island district (Quang Ninh), children in Ba Tri district (Ben Tre), and children of families with meritorious services to the Revolution in Quang Tri province, children in Thai Binh province...

Students interacted and played fun games with the Ambassadors of the "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund program, Comedian Xuan Bac and Miss Ngoc Han.

7 years and the journey of 26 million glasses of milk

In 2015, the "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund continued its mission, giving children in difficult circumstances a quantity of milk worth 8 billion VND. All of this milk will be transferred directly by the Vietnam Children's Fund and Vinamilk to orphanage centers, social protection centers, preschool and primary school students in remote areas in 63 provinces and cities across the country for the children to use continuously for 3 months. Thus, up to now, the total amount of milk that the "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund has brought to more than 333 thousand disadvantaged children in Vietnam in more than 7 years of operation is nearly 26 million glasses of milk, equivalent to about 94 billion VND.

The "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund was established in 2008, under the chairmanship of the BTTEVN Fund - Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in coordination with Vinamilk. The "Vietnam Rising" Milk Fund was established with the aim of reaching disadvantaged children across the country, with a seemingly simple but extremely practical action - giving them nutritious glasses of milk to help them have the opportunity to develop more comprehensively in terms of physical and mental health for a brighter future.

The joy of drinking milk of students at Dong Hieu Primary School, Thai Hoa Town, Nghe An.

As the sole sponsor of the “Vietnam Rising” Milk Fund for the past 7 years, Ms. Bui Thi Huong, Vinamilk’s CEO, said: “Through the “Vietnam Rising” Milk Fund, with a high sense of responsibility to the community, in 2015, Vinamilk continued to spend 8 billion VND for poor children to drink free milk. This shows Vinamilk’s commitment to generations of Vietnamese people, especially Vietnamese children, with the desire that “Every Vietnamese child can drink milk every day”, contributing to creating conditions to maximize the potential of Vietnamese children in both physical and intellectual aspects, for a Vietnam that always rises”.

Quynh Trang