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In the countryside, many children fall below WHO growth standards for height and weight, while in cities the number of overweight or obese children is climbing. Some years back, Vietnam implemented a school lunch program to address these problems. But the country’s schools lacked qualified nutritionists to design meals that could provide daily recommended allowances of vitamins and minerals, plus a balance of carbohydrates, fat, protein, salt, and calories.","image": {"@type": "ImageObject","url": "https://www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt_global/wp-content/uploads/stories/jpg/Vietnam-School-Meal-Project-1-scaled-e1668645083335-1200x630.jpg"},"url":"https://www.ajinomoto.com/stories/learning-to-fish","articleBody":"Amid economic development, Vietnam still faces challengesNearly half a century on from the reunification of North and South Vietnam, life for ordinary Vietnamese has arguably never been better. The economy is booming, living standards and household incomes are rising, and foreign tourists are again returning following the pandemic, drawn by unspoiled beaches, vibrant cities, rich cultural attractions, and the country’s world-famous cuisine.But despite these great strides, people in this southeast Asian country of nearly 100 million still lack proper knowledge about how to prepare nutritionally balanced meals for primary school children. While the prevalence of stunting in this age group is lower than 10 years ago, the prevalence of overweight and obese children has increased markedly, especially in urban area. Some years back, Vietnam implemented a school lunch program to address these problems. But the country’s schools lacked qualified nutritionists to design delicious meals made with diverse ingredients that could provide children’s daily recommended allowance of nutrients with a balance of carbohydrates, fat, protein, salt, and calories.A Japan model for improving school-based nutritionIn the late 1940s, when Japan faced a similar situation with child nutrition, the government implemented its own school lunch program to address it. Then, in the 1980s, the issue shifted to childhood obesity and new nutritional guidelines were drafted. Today, Japan is the only country in the world where obesity rates are actually falling, and life expectancy is the longest in the world and rising.In 2012, Ajinomoto Vietnam Co., Ltd. (AVN) launched a project to bring ideas adapted from Japan’s lunch program to primary boarding schools across Vietnam, with the aim of contributing to the healthy development of children nationwide. Working closely with Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and National Institute of Nutrition, AVN’s School Meal Project has developed menu books and educational materials about food and nutrition, introduced software that assists in planning menus, and set up model school kitchens to show visitors how to prepare healthy, nutritionally balanced meals and operate kitchens hygienically, safely and efficiently. By October 2022, the School Meal Project had been deployed in 62 of Vietnam’s 63 provinces and cities, and 4,262 school had registered for the project and applied for the menu-planning software. The School Meal Project softwareNutrition-balanced school mealTools to help communities address local needsThe School Meal Project software provides a menu bank of 120 menus with over 360 non-repeatable lunch dishes. These menus satisfy the nutritional standards for primary school aged children and are tailored to local tastes in each of the country’s three main regions: north, central and south. This is an effective tool to help schools standardize boarding school menus, providing delicious and nutrition-balanced lunches for pupils.More than handouts, people need the tools and knowhow to rebuild their lives and stand again on their own two feet again—especially after times of great adversity. As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Throughout the Asia region, other Ajinomoto Group companies are exploring similar school-based nutrition programs to address the needs of children and adolescents.Before lunchtime, pupils are introduced to the lunch menu and educated about the nutritional information and benefits of each kind of food included, via the “Three Minutes to Change Awareness” program. In addition to support from Ajinomoto Vietnam Co., Ltd., the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as authorities and parents all provided valuable financial support of the model kitchens.Food nutrition education “Three Minutes to Change Awareness” programModel kitchensModel kitchensvideo-js.video-js.vjs-fluid:not(.vjs-audio-only-mode) {padding-top: 56.25%;}The video filmed at Trung Trac Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City, the first school in Vietnam to implement AVN’s School Meal ProjectFind out moreSchool Meals Can Improve Children’s Health ","wordCount":"627","author": {"@type": "Organization","name": "Ajinomoto Co., Inc.","url":"https://www.ajinomoto.com"},"publisher": {"@type": "Organization","name": "Ajinomoto Co., Inc.","logo": {"@type": "ImageObject","url": "https://www.ajinomoto.com/assets/img/img_ogimg.png"}},"datePublished": "2019-10-13","dateModified": "2022-12-26"}</script></head> <body>  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-KD44LLG" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>   <div class="wrapper">  <header id="header" class="header"> <div class="header-container"> <div class="header-title"><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com" class="header-title__logo"><img class="header-title__logo__img" src="/assets/img/logo_aj.svg" width="120" height="85" alt="Ajinomoto Logo"/></a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com" class="header-title__label has-langs">Ajinomoto Group Global Website</a></div><div class="header-utilities"><nav class="header-utility"><a class="header-utility__item" href="/aboutus/group/global_network"><img class="header-utility__item__ico" src="/assets/img//ico_world.svg" width="16" height="16" alt="Country / Region" /><span class="header-utility__item__text">Country/Region</span></a><div class="header-utility__item header-langs notranslate nturl"><button type="button" class="header-langs__current">EN</button><nav class="header-langs__list"><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/stories/learning-to-fish" title="English" class="header-langs__item nturl">EN</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/ar/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Arabic" class="header-langs__item nturl">AR</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/es/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Spanish" class="header-langs__item nturl">ES</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/fr/stories/learning-to-fish" title="French" class="header-langs__item nturl">FR</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/ko/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Korean" class="header-langs__item nturl">KO</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/pt/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Portuguese" class="header-langs__item nturl">PT</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/th/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Thai" class="header-langs__item nturl">TH</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/vi/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Vietnamese" class="header-langs__item nturl">VI</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/zh-CN/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Chinese (Simplified)" class="header-langs__item nturl">ZH-CN</a><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com/zh-TW/stories/learning-to-fish" title="Chinese (Traditional)" class="header-langs__item nturl">ZH-TW</a></nav></div><button type="button" id="search-close" aria-label="Search open" class="header-utility__item is-trigger js-search"><img class="header-utility__item__ico to-open-search" src="/assets/img/ico_search.svg" width="16" height="16" alt="Open Search" /><img class="header-utility__item__ico to-close-search" src="/assets/img/ico_close.svg" width="16" height="16" alt="Close Search" /></button><button type="button" id="menu-close" aria-label="Menu open" class="header-utility__item is-trigger js-menu"><img class="header-utility__item__ico" src="/assets/img/ico_menu.svg" width="16" height="16" alt="Menu" ></button></nav><form class="header-search-wide" action="/search" method="get" role="search"><input type="text" title="Type search word here" name="pb_kw" tabindex="0" placeholder="Search" class="header-search-wide__input"><button type="submit" tabindex="-1" class="header-search-wide__submit"><img src="/assets/img/ico_search.svg" width="16" height="16" alt="Search" /></button></form></div> </div> <nav id="global-navi-new" class="l-gnav-new"><nav class="l-gnav-new-control"><button class="l-gnav-new-control__back" >Back</button><button class="l-gnav-new-control__close" aria-label="Close global menu" data-id="menu-close">Close</button></nav><div class="l-nav-new-nav"><a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com" class="l-gnav-new__title"><img class="l-gnav-new__title__img" src="/assets/img/logo_aj.svg" width="120" height="85" alt="Eat Well , Live Well. 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challenges</h2> <div class="c-text"><p>Nearly half a century on from the reunification of North and South Vietnam, life for ordinary Vietnamese has arguably never been better. The economy is booming, living standards and household incomes are rising, and foreign tourists are again returning following the pandemic, drawn by unspoiled beaches, vibrant cities, rich cultural attractions, and the country’s world-famous cuisine.</p> </div> <div class="c-text"><p>But despite these great strides, people in this southeast Asian country of nearly 100 million still lack proper knowledge about how to prepare nutritionally balanced meals for primary school children. While the prevalence of stunting in this age group is lower than 10 years ago, the prevalence of overweight and obese children has increased markedly, especially in urban area. Some years back, Vietnam implemented a school lunch program to address these problems. But the country’s schools lacked qualified nutritionists to design delicious meals made with diverse ingredients that could provide children’s daily recommended allowance of nutrients with a balance of carbohydrates, fat, protein, salt, and calories.</p> </div> <h2 class="c-heading-02" id="cf_block_3_cf_heading_txt">A Japan model for improving school-based nutrition</h2> <div class="c-text"><p>In the late 1940s, when Japan faced a similar situation with child nutrition, the government implemented its own school lunch program to address it. Then, in the 1980s, the issue shifted to childhood obesity and new nutritional guidelines were drafted. Today, Japan is the only country in the world where obesity rates are actually falling, and life expectancy is the longest in the world and rising.</p> </div> <div class="c-text"><p>In 2012, <a href="https://www.ajinomoto.com.vn/">Ajinomoto Vietnam Co., Ltd. (AVN)</a> launched a project to bring ideas adapted from Japan’s lunch program to primary boarding schools across Vietnam, with the aim of contributing to the healthy development of children nationwide. Working closely with Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and National Institute of Nutrition, AVN’s School Meal Project has developed menu books and educational materials about food and nutrition, introduced software that assists in planning menus, and set up model school kitchens to show visitors how to prepare healthy, nutritionally balanced meals and operate kitchens hygienically, safely and efficiently. By October 2022, the School Meal Project had been deployed in 62 of Vietnam’s 63 provinces and cities, and 4,262 school had registered for the project and applied for the menu-planning software.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-24 col-12-md "> <div class="c-media-block"> <figure class="c-media-block__figure " role="group"> <img src="https://www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt_global/wp-content/uploads/stories/png/1.-SMP-Software-750x452.png" width="750" height="452" alt="School Meal Project Software" loading="lazy" /> </figure> <p class="c-media-block__caption">The School Meal Project software</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-24 col-12-md "> <div class="c-media-block"> <figure class="c-media-block__figure " role="group"> <img src="https://www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt_global/wp-content/uploads/stories/JPG/nutritionally-balanced-school-meal-750x500.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="nutritionally balanced school meal" loading="lazy" /> </figure> <p class="c-media-block__caption">Nutrition-balanced school meal</p> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="c-heading-02" id="cf_block_7_cf_heading_txt">Tools to help communities address local needs</h2> <div class="c-text"><p>The School Meal Project software provides a menu bank of 120 menus with over 360 non-repeatable lunch dishes. These menus satisfy the nutritional standards for primary school aged children and are tailored to local tastes in each of the country’s three main regions: north, central and south. This is an effective tool to help schools standardize boarding school menus, providing delicious and nutrition-balanced lunches for pupils.</p> </div> <div class="c-text"><p>More than handouts, people need the tools and knowhow to rebuild their lives and stand again on their own two feet again—especially after times of great adversity. As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Throughout the Asia region, other Ajinomoto Group companies are exploring similar school-based nutrition programs to address the needs of children and adolescents.</p> </div> <div class="c-text"><p>Before lunchtime, pupils are introduced to the lunch menu and educated about the nutritional information and benefits of each kind of food included, via the “Three Minutes to Change Awareness” program. In addition to support from Ajinomoto Vietnam Co., Ltd., the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as authorities and parents all provided valuable financial support of the model kitchens.</p> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-24 "> <div class="c-media-block"> <figure class="c-media-block__figure " role="group"> <img src="https://www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt_global/wp-content/uploads/stories/jpg/2.-Food-Nutrition-Education-3-minutes-to-change-awareness-program-1920x1080.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Food Nutrition Education “3 minutes to change awareness” program" loading="lazy" /> </figure> <p class="c-media-block__caption">Food nutrition education “Three Minutes to Change Awareness” program</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-24 col-12-md "> <div class="c-media-block"> <figure class="c-media-block__figure " role="group"> <img src="https://www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt_global/wp-content/uploads/stories/jpg/3.-Model-kitchen-750x563.jpg" width="750" height="563" alt="Model kitchen" loading="lazy" /> </figure> <p class="c-media-block__caption">Model kitchens</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-24 col-12-md "> <div class="c-media-block"> <figure class="c-media-block__figure " role="group"> <img src="https://www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt_global/wp-content/uploads/stories/jpg/4.-Model-kitchen-750x563.jpg" width="750" height="563" alt="Model kitchen" loading="lazy" /> </figure> <p class="c-media-block__caption">Model kitchens</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-24 "> <div class="c-media-block"> <figure class="c-media-block__figure video" role="group"> <div style="max-width: 960px;"><style>video-js.video-js.vjs-fluid:not(.vjs-audio-only-mode) {padding-top: 56.25%;}</style><video-js data-account="6050660078001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6315996361112" 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