Vietnamese businesswoman honored at World Knowledge Forum 2019
(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of September 26, 2019, at the World Knowledge Forum 2019 held in Seoul (Korea), Ms. Thai Huong - Founder of TH Group, General Director of Bac A Bank was honored with the Powerful Businesswoman Award, awarded exclusively to businesswomen with many achievements in business.
In a solemn atmosphere at the Jangchung National Sports Complex, three great leaders presented this prestigious award, including the 37th Prime Minister of Finland - Mr. Esko Tapani Aho. On the sidelines of the Award Ceremony, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon also came to congratulate her.
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| ASEAN Powerful Businesswoman 2019, Ms. Thai Huong, took a photo with Mr. Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary General of the United Nations. |
Famous in Vietnam with the title of “fresh milk woman”, Ms. Thai Huong is known as the person who brought high technology to dairy farming and milk processing, built a high-tech concentrated dairy farming capital with a scale of 45,000 cows in Nghe An and is expanding this model to many other provinces and cities; successfully created and operated a fresh milk production chain from farm to factory and distribution.
She is the one who built the TH true MILK fresh milk brand into a national brand, accounting for more than 40% of the fresh milk market share in Vietnam and is leading in this segment.
She was also respected by the Council for her role as the largest Vietnamese investor in the Russian Federation and investing in the most difficult sector, agriculture. Still with the strategy of using clean land and clean water resources in a country where the land is dormant under white snow for 6 months, combined with the most modern science and technology and management science in the world, she began to build the TH Dairy Cow Farming and Milk Processing Complex, along with a number of food projects with a total investment of 2.7 billion USD.
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| Ms. Thai Huong received the award: ASEAN Powerful Businesswoman. The jury was very impressed with the “smart farms” - smart farms applying high technology that she started in 2009. |
If c4 years ago, the name TH true MILK was still unfamiliar in Russia, but now, in this beautiful country, she has turned her plan into reality, dairy farm clusters in Moscow and Kaluga provinces have taken shape and come into operation.
Not stopping there, she continued to invest in building farms in a number of other areas, including remote areas in the Far East. TH is also building the largest milk processing plant in Russia. The factory's products are milk and dairy products that serve the traditional and sophisticated tastes of the Russian people.
The Power Businesswoman Award at the 20th World Knowledge Forum was given to Ms. Thai Huong just 1 month after the Stevie Award Organizing Committee - considered the Oscar in the international business world - awarded the title "Innovator with innovative thinking for True Happiness".
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| Graphics: Lam Tung |
World Knowledge Forum (WKF), established in 2000, is the largest non-profit forum in Asia. This year, the 20th World Knowledge Forum, themed “Knowledge Revolution 5.0 – Wisdom for Common Prosperity”, took place from September 25-27, with the presence of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who shared his vision and views on Asia’s future strategy; Alibaba Group boss Jack Ma; Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Jia Rui…
Ms. Thai Huong is the only representative of Vietnam invited to participate in the 20th World Knowledge Forum. Along with receiving the special award, she also participated in the main discussion session. During her discussion session, the woman who initiated the fresh milk revolution in Vietnam shared her knowledge of business management in many fields, as well as inspiring stories to the audience about the power of women in business management.