Chairwoman and CEO of Vietnam Dairy Products ( Vinamilk), Mai KieuLien, was presented with an award at the 20 th Nikkei Asia Prizes at aceremony in Tokyo, Japan on May 20.
Lien, the pioneer behindVietnam’s dairy product market, won the economic and businessinnovation category for her work.
Speaking at theevent, Lien said: “We are motivated and determined to becoming Vietnam'sNo.1 symbol of nutritional and healthy products.”
Lienhas decided to donate her 3 million JPY (24,816 USD) prize money to theUnited Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to provide relief for childrenin Nepal following the recent major earthquakes.
Along withLien, Wang Yifang, director of the Institute of High Energy Physics atthe Chinese Academy of Sciences was awarded in the science, technologyand environment category. Meanwhile, Richard Pontzious, artisticdirector and conductor of the Asian Youth Orchestra, received theculture and community prize.
The Nikkei Asia Prizes werecreated in 1996 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Nikkei Inc.'smain Japanese-language newspaper, the Nikkei. It has always aimed tohonour individuals and organisations who have contributed to theregion’s development and prosperity.
Vinamilk is one of the best-known brands in Vietnam and has 51 percent of the liquid milk market share.
Its revenue hit over 8 trillion VND (368 million USD) in the firstquarter of this year, up 15.6 percent over the same period last year.Vinamilk now owns 70 percent of shares in the Driftwood dairy factory,one of the largest dairy plants in California, the US.
Lienhas been included in the list of Asia's Power Businesswomen for fourconsecutive years and in March s he was named by Forbes as one of thetop 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia.-VNA
Lien, the pioneer behindVietnam’s dairy product market, won the economic and businessinnovation category for her work.
Speaking at theevent, Lien said: “We are motivated and determined to becoming Vietnam'sNo.1 symbol of nutritional and healthy products.”
Lienhas decided to donate her 3 million JPY (24,816 USD) prize money to theUnited Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to provide relief for childrenin Nepal following the recent major earthquakes.
Along withLien, Wang Yifang, director of the Institute of High Energy Physics atthe Chinese Academy of Sciences was awarded in the science, technologyand environment category. Meanwhile, Richard Pontzious, artisticdirector and conductor of the Asian Youth Orchestra, received theculture and community prize.
The Nikkei Asia Prizes werecreated in 1996 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Nikkei Inc.'smain Japanese-language newspaper, the Nikkei. It has always aimed tohonour individuals and organisations who have contributed to theregion’s development and prosperity.
Vinamilk is one of the best-known brands in Vietnam and has 51 percent of the liquid milk market share.
Its revenue hit over 8 trillion VND (368 million USD) in the firstquarter of this year, up 15.6 percent over the same period last year.Vinamilk now owns 70 percent of shares in the Driftwood dairy factory,one of the largest dairy plants in California, the US.
Lienhas been included in the list of Asia's Power Businesswomen for fourconsecutive years and in March s he was named by Forbes as one of thetop 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia.-VNA
