In 2016, Vinamilk donated 22.5 billion VND worth of milk to 40,000 children nationwide.

(Baonghean.vn) - According to information from Vinamilk Joint Stock Company, in 2016, the "Vietnam's Rising Milk Fund," established by the company, will donate milk worth 22.5 billion VND to 40,000 disadvantaged children in 40 provinces and cities nationwide.

On May 8, 2016, at Ninh Xuan Primary School in Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province, the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund held a ceremony to donate milk to children in Ninh Binh Province. This was the first stop on the 2016 milk donation journey of the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Vinamilk's founding (1976-2016).

In 2016, to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Vinamilk and the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund will donate milk worth 22.5 billion VND to 40,000 underprivileged children in 40 disadvantaged provinces and cities nationwide.

In this program, students had the opportunity to meet, chat, and play fun games with the program's ambassadors, comedians Xuan Bac and Tu Long. Previously, in 2015, Vinamilk also organized a ceremony to directly distribute milk to underprivileged children in Lam Dong, Ben Tre, Nghe An, and other provinces.

2016 marked the 40th anniversary of Vinamilk's establishment and development. Therefore, Vinamilk and the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund decided to donate milk to 40,000 underprivileged children in 40 disadvantaged provinces and cities nationwide, with a total value of 22.5 billion VND. All of this milk will be directly distributed by the Vietnam Children's Protection Fund and Vinamilk to orphanages, centers for disabled children, social welfare centers, and preschool and primary school students in remote areas across these 40 provinces and cities, ensuring the children have enough milk for three months. Thus, by 2016, the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund had provided nearly 30 million glasses of milk to over 373,000 disadvantaged children in Vietnam over its nearly nine years of operation, equivalent to approximately 120 billion VND.

Ms. Bui Thi Huong – CEO of Vinamilk – personally presented milk to students at Ninh Xuan Primary School, Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province.

The Vietnam Rising Milk Fund was established in 2008, under the auspices of the Vietnam Children's Protection Fund - Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in collaboration with Vinamilk. The Vietnam Rising Milk Fund aims to support disadvantaged children nationwide through a seemingly simple yet highly practical action: providing them with nutritious milk to help them develop more comprehensively physically and intellectually, leading to a brighter future. This is a deeply humane goal that Vinamilk always strives for.

80,000 glasses of milk, equivalent to 500 million VND, is the amount of milk that children in Ninh Binh province are receiving from the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund program in 2016.

As the sole sponsor of the Vietnam Milk Fund for Development program for the past 9 years, Ms. Bui Thi Huong, CEO of Vinamilk, stated that through the Vietnam Milk Fund for Development, with a high sense of responsibility towards the community, in 2016, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Vinamilk continued to allocate 22.5 billion VND to provide free milk to 40,000 poor children in 40 provinces and cities across Vietnam, with the value of the milk increasing by more than 100% compared to 2015. This demonstrates Vinamilk's commitment to generations of Vietnamese people, especially Vietnamese children, with the desire that "Every Vietnamese child drinks milk every day," contributing to creating conditions to maximize the potential of Vietnamese children in both physical and intellectual development, for a Vietnam that is always striving for excellence.

Assessing the impact of this Program,Ms. Dao Hong Lan - Deputy MinisterThe Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs stated:“Currently, in Vietnam, many children still face difficult circumstances, lacking adequate nutrition, rarely drinking milk, or even not knowing what milk is, leading to limitations in their physical and intellectual development. Therefore, the perseverance of the Vietnam Milk Fund for Children's Development holds profound humanitarian significance. The Fund's nine-year journey has contributed to giving hundreds of thousands of children the opportunity to consume milk more regularly, improving their physical and intellectual well-being. Therefore, I highly appreciate Vinamilk's sense of social responsibility and the partnership of the Vietnam Children's Protection Fund with the Vietnam Milk Fund for Children's Development program, and I hope the program will continue for many years to come.”

During the program, students had the opportunity to meet, chat with, and play fun games with the Ambassadors of the Vietnam Rising Milk Fund program, comedians Xuan Bac and Tu Long.

Hoang Hao