Supporting startup ecosystem ​

1. Mr. Do Cao Chi (Tan Thanh commune, Thu Thua district) is a pioneer in the province raising goats in herds using high technology and processing goat milk into food. He shared that in the past, he built a dairy farm and raised eels, but after the Covid-19 epidemic, as animal feed prices increased, he faced the risk of losing money, so he switched to raising goats for milk. Initially, his herd of goats was only about 100 in number. Goat milk was pasteurized and then sold in stores in Ho Chi Minh City. Many people liked to use goat milk because of its high protein and nutrients.

Products of Thai Y Phuong Co. Ltd

In the past 2 years, Mr. Chi continued to increase the goat herd. Now his farm has 300 mother goats giving milk. In 2024, he will increase the herd to 1,000 goats. To expand his business, he established Thai Y Phuong Company Limited of which he is the CEO.

Every day, 300 goats give 150 liters of milk. He spends 50 liters of milk to raise baby goats to increase the herd. The remaining 100 liters of milk are processed into a variety of foods such as Sala brand bottled pasteurized goat milk and yogurt. In addition, Mr. Chi also combines many other fruits with goat milk to make freeze-dried fruit yogurt.

Currently, his company has 6 products recognized as OCOP 4 stars, including: Whole-flavored, strawberry, kiwi, peach, raspberry, blueberry dried yogurts; One 3-star OCOP product is fresh goat yogurt in jar form. To diversify products, the company also researched and successfully produced many types of freeze-dried fruits available locally such as bananas, jackfruit, durian, longan, dragon fruit, etc. All production processes apply SO 22000 standards.

To be able to expand production, Mr. Chi has invested billions of VND in installing many modern equipment such as freeze dryers, pasteurizers, yogurt mixing machines, emulsifiers, and plastic pressers, etc. Recently, with the support of the Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Science and Technology, he was able to approach many new customers.

In addition to sales through retail agents and e-commerce, orders from customers have increased many times compared to before, with orders of up to 5 tons of freeze-dried yogurt/month.

During this New Year celebration, the company is preparing 10,000 gifts ordered by customers. Currently, the company creates jobs for more than 10 local workers with stable income.

2. Recently, Long An has promoted the breakthrough solutions to improve the quality of the investment environment, building special support mechanisms for projects with high technology to become a province with strong economic potential.

In the province, there are nearly 17,000 enterprises operatin. In particular, in recent years, the province has attracted many projects with high technology, creating many product lines to serve the market.

Worker at Tavida Cosmetics Company Limited

A typical example is the Director of Tavida Cosmetics Co. Ltd. (Tavida Company, Binh Trinh Dong Commune, Tan Tru) - Nguyen Duy Lich with the project using fruit fermentation technology to treat back acne, which won first prize in the "Innovative Startup - Creating the Future" contest of Long An province in 2023. Currently, the company's back acne treatment products are sold and distributed nationwide through many sales channels, mainly e-commerce, bringing in high revenue.

In addition to Tavida Company, in 2019, Mr. Lich and his friends who are scientists also established Enzyme Technology Group Joint Stock Company (same address as Tavida Company) with a capital of more than 40 billion VND to invest in many modern equipment for processing enzymes from fruits such as apples, cherries, pineapples, noni, guava, bananas, etc.

These products are also sold on e-commerce through TikTok, Zalo, Facebook, etc. According to Mr. Lich, the company currently has more than 200 distributors, collaborators and a number of pharmacies. The company's goal is to become an enterprise with revenue growth of over 20% per year. To achieve this goal, the company is maximizing sales growth and increasing product recognition.

In addition to Mr. Lich, at the "Innovative Startup - Creating the Future" contest in Long An province in 2023, the Department of Science and Technology also presented 9 other awards to authors who are business owners and production facilities. Among these contestants, there are many innovative products, creating many new markets, improving existing markets, contributing to increasing the use of local agricultural products and sustainable economy growth.

According to the Department of Science and Technology, in 2024 and the following years, the province will implement guidelines and policies to support businesses in start-up and innovation activities through programs and policies.

At the same time, the Department of Industry and Trade continues to support businesses through implementing trade promotion programs, e-commerce, industrial promotion, and supporting industry development to promote and connect goods consumption, thereby helping startup and innovation activities develop well, contributing to the creation of new products based on intellectual property, technological innovation and new business models, in accordance with development strategies of the province's socio-economic situation in the current period./.

By Mai Huong - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/tang-cuong-ho-tro-phat-trien-he-sinh-thai-khoi-nghiep-a169203.html