The Vietnam Nutrition Food JSC (NutiFood) launched its Nutifood Nutrition Research Institute in Sweden (NNRIS) during a ceremony in HCM City on April 14.
At the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA)
HCM City
(VNA) – The Vietnam Nutrition Food JSC (NutiFood) launched its NutiFood
Nutrition Research Institute in Sweden (NNRIS) during a ceremony in HCM City on
April 14.
On the occasion, it
also inked a communication agreement with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and
strategic cooperation deals with seven medical associations and five
universities.
NutiFood Chairman Tran
Thanh Hai said through the activities, the company hopes to work with leading
scientists and nutritionists of the world and apply European high standard
solutions nutrified to be compatible with physical conditions of Vietnamese people,
in a bid to maximise their stature and intelligence.
He added that the
nutrition research institute groups more than 50 leading experts in Vietnam and
Europe and partners with major firms across the world like BASF of Germany, DuPont
of the US, and DSM of Switzerland, along with Vietnamese medical associations
and universities.
Deputy Minister of
Health Do Xuan Tuyen said that the MoH and NutiFood have joined hands in a
programme to raise awareness of a fight against overweight and obesity among
Vietnamese children for 2021-23./.