In 2016, Vinamilk spent 22.5 billion VND to donate milk to 40,000 children nationwide.

(Baonghean.vn) - According to information from Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company - Vinamilk, in 2016, the Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund founded by this Company will give 40,000 children in difficult circumstances in 40 provinces and cities across the country a quantity of milk worth 22.5 billion VND.

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

In 2016, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its establishment and development, Vinamilk and the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund will donate 22.5 billion VND worth of milk to 40,000 poor children in 40 disadvantaged provinces and cities across the country.

In this program, students had the opportunity to meet, chat and play fun games with the program’s ambassadors, Comedian Xuan Bac and Comedian Tu Long. Previously, in 2015, Vinamilk also organized a ceremony to give milk directly to poor children in Lam Dong, Ben Tre, Nghe An…

2016 marks the 40th anniversary of Vinamilk's establishment and development. Therefore, Vinamilk and the Vietnam Grow Milk Fund decided to donate milk to 40,000 poor children in 40 disadvantaged provinces and cities across the country with a total value of 22.5 billion VND. All of this milk will be transferred directly by the Vietnam Children's Fund and Vinamilk to orphanage centers, disabled children, social protection centers, preschool and primary school students in remote areas in 40 provinces and cities for the children to use continuously for 3 months. Thus, up to 2016, the total amount of milk that the Vietnam Grow Milk Fund has brought to more than 373,000 disadvantaged children in Vietnam in nearly 9 years of operation is nearly 30 million glasses of milk, equivalent to about 120 billion VND.

Ms. Bui Thi Huong - Vinamilk CEO donated milk directly to students of Ninh Xuan Primary School, Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh

The Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund was established in 2008, under the chairmanship of the Vietnam Children's Fund - Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in coordination with Vinamilk. The Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund was established with the aim of reaching out to 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. That is the very humane goal that Vinamilk always aims 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 Grow Up Milk Fund program in 2016.

As the representative of the sole sponsor for the Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund program over the past 9 years, Ms. Bui Thi Huong, CEO of Vinamilk, said that through the Vietnam Grow Tall Milk Fund, with a high sense of responsibility towards the community, in 2016, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Vinamilk's establishment, Vinamilk continued to spend 22.5 billion VND for 40,000 poor children in 40 provinces and cities in Vietnam to drink free milk, with the value of milk increasing by more than 100% compared to 2015. This shows Vinamilk's commitment to generations of Vietnamese people, especially Vietnamese children, wishing 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 grows tall.

Assess the impact of this Program,Ms. Dao Hong Lan – Deputy MinisterMinistry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs commented:“Currently, in Vietnam, there are still many children in difficult circumstances who do not receive adequate nutritional care, rarely drink milk or do not even know what milk is, leading to limited physical and intellectual development. Therefore, the perseverance of the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund journey contains many profound humanistic meanings. The 9-year journey of the Milk Fund has contributed to bringing hundreds of thousands of children the opportunity to drink milk more regularly to improve their physical and intellectual condition. Therefore, I appreciate Vinamilk's sense of responsibility for the community and the companionship of the Children's Protection Fund with the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund program and hope that the program will continue to be implemented for many years to come.”

At the program, students had the opportunity to meet, chat and play fun games with the Ambassadors of the Vietnam Grow Up Milk Fund program, Comedian Xuan Bac and Comedian Tu Long.

Hoang Hao