- Sir, it is known that Ajinomoto Group has set a goal of "Helping to extend the healthy life expectancy of 1 billion people by 2030", a very impressive number. Could you please tell us what strengths help the group confidently set this goal and what is the specific approach?
Mr. Tsutomu Nara: Starting in 2023, the Ajinomoto Group has announced its "Purpose of Existence" which is "To contribute to the health and happiness of all humanity, society and our planet through AminoScience". This science is our unique strength, and is considered a key factor in realizing our two goals of "Reducing environmental impact by 50%" and "Helping prolong the healthy life of 1 billion people" by 2030.
Mr. Tsutomu Nara - General Director of Ajinomoto Vietnam Company
For over a century, the Ajinomoto Group has been researching and applying Amino Acid Science to create a variety of materials, functions, technologies and services for the lives of people around the world. Towards the goal of "Helping to extend the healthy lives of 1 billion people by 2030", we implement our strategy through the "Nutrition Commitment", with three basic policies: ensuring nutrition without sacrificing taste, ensuring nutrition without sacrificing accessibility, ensuring nutrition without sacrificing local lifestyles.
- The concept of healthy longevity is quite new to Vietnamese people. Can you explain specifically about the above concept as well as the importance of prolonging healthy life expectancy for people for economic and social development?
Healthy life expectancy can be understood as the average number of years a person can live in good health, excluding the years that person lives with illness and disability. Healthy life expectancy is a measure of a healthy workforce, and will reduce the number of people absent from work due to disability, reduce the need for health care due to illness, thereby increasing resources and promoting socio-economic development.
Proper nutrition plays an important role in having a long and healthy life.
To improve healthy life expectancy, it is important to practice a proper diet from a young age, and to balance nutritional status at special times such as the fetal stage, the first 1,000 days of life, primary school, or pregnancy and breastfeeding for women.
However, in reality, many young people today do not ensure a balanced daily diet, leading to the phenomenon of rejuvenation of many diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, etc. Faced with this reality, Ajinomoto Group has used its unique strength in Amino Acid Science to research and implement nutritional solutions for people around the world with the goal of "Helping to extend the healthy life of 1 billion people by 2030".
- As a member of the Ajinomoto Group, what initiatives does Ajinomoto Vietnam have to contribute to the goal of "Helping to extend the healthy life expectancy of 1 billion people by 2030" and how to measure their effectiveness?
Ajinomoto Group is a global corporation with production and business operations in 36 countries around the world. Therefore, "Helping to extend the healthy life of 1 billion people by 2030" is the common goal of Ajinomoto Group, all member companies around the world need to join hands to realize this goal.
In Vietnam, we have been implementing many initiatives in the fields of nutrition, health... to improve the quality of life for people in Vietnam. First of all, we have implemented 3 valuable initiatives in the field of nutrition and health, including: the "School Meals" project in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Training and the National Institute of Nutrition (Ministry of Health) since 2012, the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program in cooperation with the Ministry of Health since 2020 and the Vietnam Nutrition System Development Project (VINEP) in cooperation with the National Institute of Nutrition (Ministry of Health) since 2011.
Maternal and Child Nutrition Program software at website www.dinhduongmevabe.com.vn
At the same time, we provide many quality products, contributing to improving the health of Vietnamese people. This includes seasoning products with improved nutritional value, like Reduce salt, reduce sugar, optimize protein content. For example, the "Phu Si" soy sauce product that we have just launched with 30% less salt or the Kho Quet instant sauce product, using the formula of potassium chloride salt substitute, contributes to the "low salt" diet for consumers.
Instant sauce for Kho Quet, using the formula of potassium chloride salt substitute
To encourage the healthy eating needs of Vietnamese people, we have just launched the product "Aji-Steam" roasted sesame sauce to make vegetable dishes more delicious and attractive. In addition, we also have nutritional products that support the mental health of consumers in a modern, busy lifestyle such as Blendy® instant tea or products that use the physiological and nutritional functions of amino acids such as aminoVITAL Drink...
"Aji-Sauce" roasted sesame sauce is the solution to make vegetable dishes more delicious and attractive.
In addition, we support the practice of "reduced salt but still delicious" using umami flavor and changing consumer awareness and behavior by providing knowledge to support improved health and nutrition.
To understand the actual impact of the above initiatives, Ajinomoto Vietnam has collaborated with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct a quantitative survey on the social value of nutrition initiatives as well as through the company's products. For initiatives including the School Meals Project, the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program, and the Vietnam Nutrition System Development Project (VINEP), the measurement results show that it is estimated that by 2022, these 3 initiatives have helped extend the healthy life expectancy of about 16,000 people through contributing to improving nutritional and health status issues for people with hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and malnutrition. We also aim to help extend healthy life expectancy for 247,000 people by 2030 through continued efforts to promote these initiatives, thereby contributing to the group's overall goal of "Helping extend healthy life expectancy for 1 billion people by 2030".
For Ajinomoto Vietnam's products, the measurement results show that these products have reached approximately 76 million people each year, contributing to the health care of people in Vietnam. We aim to continue providing quality products to contribute to improving nutrition and health for more than 100 million people in Vietnam by 2030. Thereby contributing to realizing the purpose of existence of Ajinomoto Vietnam which is "Contributing to bringing health and happiness to the people and society of Vietnam through providing quality products and valuable initiatives".
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