A school milk programme was launched nationwide on September 28, aiming at providing school-children with free milk to improve their health and physique.
Hanoi (VNA) – A school milk programme was launched nationwide on Septemberಌ 28, aiming at providing school-children with free milk to improve their health and physique.
Themed “School Milk – For Vietnam’s Stature”, a live television programme connecting Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the central province of Nghe An was held by Vietnam Television in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Health and Vietnamese milk giant TH Group.
Speaking at the event, Politburo member and President of the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan called for immediate actions to lift Vietnam out of the list of countries with the shortest average heights.
He hailed the Vietnam Television and the Ministry of Education and Training for setting up the charity fund “School Milk – For Vietnam’s Stature” which facilitates pre-school and elementary children’s access to milk, and urged Vietnamese at home and abroad to make financial contributions to the fund.
The “School Milk – For Vietnam’s Stature” programme, approved by the Prime Minister, targets feeding all pre-school children and elementary pupils in poor districts on milk by 2020, meeting 90-95 percent of their energy demand, and increasing the heights of school boys and girls by 1.5 and 2cm, respectively.
It also highlights regulations on the origin of milk material, the process of production, distribution and use.
The domestic dairy firm TH True Milk has committed 200 billion VND (9 million USD) to the programme from 2016-2021.
As many as 60 countries worldwide have responded to World School Milk Day launched by the United Nations Food and Agricultur෴e Organisation (FAO). Of them, Japan, the Republic of Korea, ꦺthe US, the UK and Thailand use pure fresh milk.-VNA
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 22 to receive one million glasses of pasteurised milk donated by TH Group to impoverished students living in islands and border areas.
A school milk proramme was jointly launched in Hanoi on October 9 by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the TH Group.
Up to half of children attending kindergartens and elementary schools in the central province of Nghe An have benefited from a pilot school milk programme launched last December.
The programmes have brought about positive changes to rural infrastructure, comprehensively improved the material and spiritual lives of farmers, and contributed to Vietnam's economic restructuring, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.
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The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
The launching ceremony (Photo: bnews.vn)
