Many businesses and locals are involved in the cultivation and purchase of tobacco leaves in Krong Pa, Gia Lai - where BAT has one of the largest leaf-growing areas in Vietnam. This plant has helped 700-800 households earn a better living for many years.
For every hectare of tobacco, farmers need about 8-10 steres of firewood to dry their tobacco leaves. Recently, many households are gradually switching to using loose-leaf barn for the drying process, which has high efficiency in each drying batch, saves costs, and reduces deforestation during the drying season, contributing to forest sustainability.
The switch to using loose-leaf barns (LLB) is an inevitable trend toward sustainable development in tobacco cultivation in Krong Pa District as well as many other leaf-growing areas in Vietnam.
At BAT Vietnam, the Loose-Leaf Barn project was successfully deployed in 2020 with the aim of reducing fuel use as well as GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, improving curing efficiency, and improving curing quality.
Some benefits of LLB use are safety, stem increase, 5% leaf damage reduction, a saving of VND712 per kilo of fuel, a saving of VND2,870 per kilo of labor costs, and a 90% localization rate. This has helped BAT achieve a net positive impact on forests, and aim for net zero deforestation of managed forests in its supply chain.
As an international business focusing on sustainable development and community support, BAT Vietnam has been supporting the locals in leaf-growing areas to invest in LLB, which is not only in Gia Lai but also in Daklak, and Son La. Up to 2023, 32 LLBs had received investment, much higher than the 11 in 2022 and 2 in 2021. BAT Vietnam is expecting to reach 50 LLBs in 2024, 100 in 2025 and 500 in 2030, contributing to reducing its environmental impacts, protecting natural resources and creating value for society.
In March, BAT-Vinataba JV visited the leaf-growing area in Gia Lai, one of the largest leaf-growing areas in Vietnam. Along with BAT-Vinataba JV, the trip included representatives from a number of government departments and organizations, such as the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Committee for Management of State Capital, Vietnam Tobacco Association, Vinataba, and other stakeholders.
In March, BAT Vietnam held a ceremony to summarize the “Women’s Empowerment” program and continued to disburse a sponsoring loan for disadvantaged women in Duc Hue District, Long An Province. The successes of the program achieved in 2022 have provided BAT with a strong incentive to continue the program for many years to come, helping disadvantaged women improve their livelihoods.
From 28th to 30th April in Quang Tri Province, Bia Saigon - the leading brand of SABECO will accompany the Vietnamese Culture and Culinary Festival 2023, which is organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) with the role of “ Beer of Vietnamese culinary culture”, aiming to support the Vietnam national strategy - establishing the country as an attractive destination in the region.
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The Nescafé Tarot Campaign, developed by Nestlé Vietnam in collaboration with Publicis Worldwide, Zenith, and Digitas of Publicis Groupe, has been honored with two acclaimed awards at the SMARTIES Awards Ceremony held during the POSSIBLE Conference & Expo at Fontainebleau Miami, Florida, USA on April 18th, 2023, namely Bronze Prize – Creative: Customer Experience (CX) and Silver Prize – Creative: Personalization.
Aiming to support the community, Mondelez Kinh Do has recently donated used laptops to disadvantaged students through the Pacific Links Foundation. Students who received the donation are those were granted scholarships in the SEEDS (Scholarship to Enhance Education and Develop Skills) program targeting to help 9-grade to graduate students from poor family in the central provinces and GEMS (Girl Empowerment Scholarship) program targeting to support female students and students from the Mekong Delta and South- Central provinces.
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After the continuous success of the INSEE Prize, this year INSEE Vietnam officially kicked off the next edition of the competition on March 29th, 2023. With the desire to spark the creativity of young students majoring in Construction and Architecture, the INSEE Prize helps implement sustainable dream projects into reality to support community development and create a solid foundation for the participants on their future career path, with a total prize of more than VND 300 million.
Ho Chi Minh City, 24/03/2023 – Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Building University-Industry Learning and Development through Innovation and Technology (BUILD-IT) Alliance and the Dow Vietnam STEM Program hosted their fourth industry mentorship eProjects Innovation Showcase.
