Not only business corporations but also SMEs, startups join support for the frontline against COVID-19 in Vietnam
Recently, Mr. Nguyen Lam Vien, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Vinamit Joint Stock Company, decided to donate 1,000 boxes of sugarcane powder to the doctors and nurses who are fighting on the front lines. He hopes this gift can help “white shirt soldiers” improve their health after sleepless nights to fight the epidemic. The freeze-dried sugarcane juice products will be immediately transported by Vinamit to the working locations of the medical force according to the list provided by the Health Department of Ho Chi Minh City. This product of Vinamit has received a US patent and is mainly exported. Sugarcane powder is very easy to use, just mix with spring water to be able to drink. Even in the absence of time, sugarcane powder can be eaten immediately without water. Mr. Vien said that in the limited time and space for eating and drinking, medical staff only need to mix 2-3 tablespoons of this freeze-dried sugarcane juice with spring water for immediate use. Sugarcane juice not only quenches thirst but also provides instant recovery energy for the body after hours of hard work. According to Ms. Vu Kim Hanh, President of the Association of High Quality Vietnamese Products and former Editor-in-Chief of the Tuoitre and Saigontiepthi Newspapers, many other entrepreneurs and businesses also expressed their desire to donate for medical workers on the front lines of the fight against the epidemic, including instant drink products, including Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Huong, founder of Quang Thanh instant-drinking gotu kola powder, who is also known as Top 60 of Startup Wheel 2016, and won High Quality Vietnamese Goods last week, just exported goods to the US, and Ms. Nguyen Thi Hieu, owner of the reishi mushroom farm “Dat Thep” (Steel Land).
Also recently, Coolmate.me, a startup that has just successfully raised a capital fund of $500,000 with 10% shares and 2.5% advisory shares at Shark Tank Vietnam season 4, also quickly launched a project to sell shirts and support 100% of revenue collected to buy masks and protective gears for doctors and nurses in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh epidemic centers. With sincerity and determination, responsibility to spread love to all Vietnamese people, after more than 8 months of launching, Care&Share is Coolmate.me’s most dedicated and long-term project when it started in October 2020 which has attracted nearly 5,000 companion customers, and on average continually each month contributed more than 10 million VND to VTV’s “Cap La Yeu Thuong” (Beloved Pair of Leaves) Fund. Every month, Coolmate.me will deduct 10% of sales from all products in the “Care & Share” category to contribute to the fund for “unhealed leaves” in the hope that each shirt, each caps or masks are not only everyday items in everyone’s wardrobe, but somewhere on this dear S-shaped land, those items are contributing to love and share for the underprivileged and unluckier people. “The happiest moment is when our enthusiastic products become a bridge between “good leaves” and children in difficult circumstances, helping them have the opportunity to go to school, have a good and happy life. happiness. And Coolmate is also extremely proud when it becomes that special and meaningful bridge”, shared CEO Pham Chi Nhu. Witness the historic flood in Central Vietnam in 2020 with countless damages and losses. There have been many well-wishers joining hands to contribute to the goal of “Towards the Central people”. The startup that has been in the Top 10 of Startup Wheel 2020 understands that it is not as big as the leaders, but it also does not sit still when seeing how difficult it is for people in the Central region to face disasters. That is also the reason that the project “Towards the Central region with a shirt printed with #mientrung” was born. In 3 days of launching, 600 shirts were sold and 100% of the revenue were transferred to the project “Flood-resistant house” of the Living Fund to send to the people in the Central region. Small strength works small according to their strength, spreading small but meaningful positive things with Coolmate.me. On the occasion of June 1, Coolmate.me and Care&Share are having a special shopping program to have more funds to send to children on the occasion of Children’s Day.
This is an extremely noble gesture of Vietnamese businessmen and businesswomen in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. With the unanimous spirit of both the people and the businesses, Vietnam will definitely once again win this epidemic.
Sources of information include Tuoitre and Doanhnghieptiepthi.
