President Vladimir Putin awarded the Order of Friendship to Hero of Labor Thai Huong

Russian President Vladimir Putin: "Ms. Thai Huong's projects contribute to strengthening strategic cooperation between the two countries"

The Friendship Medal, personally awarded by President Vladimir Putin to Ms. Thai Huong, Hero of Labor of Vietnam, Founder, Chairwoman of the Strategy Council of TH Group , General Director of Bac A Bank, is not only a noble award for an outstanding Vietnamese businesswoman, but also has profound political and diplomatic significance; it is Russia's recognition of a typical Vietnamese friend who has contributed to fostering the Vietnam - Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the fields of agriculture, food security and sustainable development.

President Vladimir Putin personally awarded the Order of Friendship to Ms. Thai Huong. Photo: TH

At the ceremony, President Vladimir Putin affirmed: "We appreciate all those who consider Russia a reliable partner, and are always ready for new mutually beneficial contacts, the development of diverse relations and mutual cultural exchange."

Those words echoed in the brightly lit Kremlin hall, honoring a Vietnamese woman who courageously chose a path of self-determination, spreading Vietnamese intelligence and spirit to the land of birch trees.

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Ms. Thai Huong, head of Vietnam’s largest agricultural corporation, is implementing promising projects in the agricultural sector in Russia. These projects serve to ensure food security and further strengthen the strategic cooperation between our two countries.
President Vladimir Putin

"I don't know how to describe it, I just know that I am extremely moved and happy to meet President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin - the heart of Russia; to feel the great warmth and kindness of him - the one who is gradually rebuilding the greatness of the benevolent Russia" - AHLĐ Thai Huong emotionally shared. "To have the achievement honored today, I would like to sincerely thank President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Federation government and the leadership team of the provinces I visited to implement the project. I also thank the Party, State and people of Vietnam for supporting, fostering the heroic qualities of a businessman in me and creating conditions for me to invest in the Russian Federation during the embargo period.

Ms. Thai Huong shared after receiving the Friendship Medal from the Russian State. Photo: TH

I will keep this award in my heart. I vow to further promote the achievements that have been made. The land will bloom and friendship will be strengthened. Scientists , farmers, citizens of Vietnam and Russia will become friends on fertile fields, generation after generation will be prosperous and happy.

That moment not only marked an important foreign policy event, but also deepened the image of an intelligent, humane, sharing and responsible Vietnam towards the world, in the most essential areas of life: land, water, food and people.

TH Group's high-tech dairy farms in Moscow and Kaluga. Photo: TH

From the dream of clean milk to the fields of Russia

The journey of Labor Hero Thai Huong, from Phu Quy - Nghe An to the Kremlin, is a journey of strategic thinking and aspiration to serve the community. In 2009, she founded TH Group, starting a revolution in the Vietnamese dairy industry with the philosophy of "Cherishing Mother Nature, humans are the subject, on the basis of sustainable development", with a closed production model "from pasture to glass of milk", the foundation for a modern high-tech agriculture.

After just over a decade, TH has become a pioneer in green economy and circular economy, not only contributing to enhancing the position of Vietnamese milk, but also creating new trust in real products, real values and real people. From that foundation, AHLĐ Thái Hương decided to bring the Vietnamese brand to the world with a bold move: Investing in the Russian Federation during the period when this country was under economic embargo.

In 2015, when many international corporations withdrew, she chose to "go against the wind", deploying a total investment of more than 2.7 billion USD in a chain of high-tech agricultural projects stretching from Moscow, Kaluga, the Republic of Bashkortostan to the Primorsky Far East region, forming a national-scale network of clean food production, processing and distribution in Russia.

She explained: “In investment, the most important thing is strategy. What I am most satisfied with about the project in Russia is that I have really come up with a very valuable product strategy: choosing milk, an agricultural product that brings eternal value: health to people. We shared the shortage of milk during the embargo period with Russia and the Russian people. Although not much, it is the heart, the path: Bringing science and technology and management science into agriculture.”

The three main pillars of the TH project chain in the Russian Federation are currently of national scale. In Kaluga province, TH has built a large-scale dairy farm complex combined with a clean fresh milk processing factory, applying modern technology from advanced countries such as Germany, Sweden, Israel, etc. - a leading fresh milk production center of Vietnamese enterprises abroad.

Fresh milk processing line in the Russian Federation. Photo: TH

In Moscow province, the Group develops a high-tech dairy farm and prepares to build a processing plant to serve Russia's largest consumer market, while deploying a modern distribution and logistics system in the capital Moscow, forming a closed supply chain for TH true MILK products in the Russian market.

At the same time, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, TH is developing a high-tech agricultural project combining medicinal plant cultivation and organic food processing, aiming for export; and in the Primorsky Far East region, implementing a dairy farm with a scale of 6,000 cows, with an investment capital of more than 200 million USD, aiming to supply milk to the Asia-Pacific region.

Projects belonging to the dairy farming and milk processing complex of TH Group in the Russian Federation. Photo: TH

TH Group's projects in the Russian Federation not only have economic value, but are also a symbol of sharing and trust - when in the most difficult times of its friends, Vietnam has a businessman who chose to accompany Russia, with knowledge, technology, and above all, with human responsibility.

After the Medal awarding ceremony, Ms. Thai Huong shared her sincere feelings about Russia, the Russian people and the symbol of the country's leadership: “I am a person who loves Russia very much. I also admire Russian President Vladimir Putin. Of the three men who have had the greatest influence on my business life, two belong to the Soviet Union and the great Russia: the character Pavel Korchagin in How the Steel Was Tempered and Mr. President Putin - He is my idol. I am truly happy to meet the President for the second time. President Vladimir Putin is an outstanding son of Russia, and is not only an outstanding leader of the Russian Federation but also a leader of the world. He is a symbol of the Russian people: both majestic and generous, both strong and holy.

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Russia has always been a symbol of strength, kindness and resilience. In the minds of Vietnamese people in general and myself in particular, Russia is a great friend, a beautiful memory of years of studying and working, sharing beliefs and ideals of peace, justice and humanity.
Labor Hero Thai Huong

Promoting that spirit, TH Group is continuing to expand its strategy in the Russian Federation, developing a chain of clean, organic food products, applying science and technology, circular economy and knowledge economy, taking advantage of large land, clean water, temperate climate to produce food for Russia and export to the world.

She affirmed: “Faced with the issue of food security and food safety, Russia has the conditions to develop food sources not only for Russia but also for export to countries around the world, fully promoting the advantages of agricultural products, from clean to organic products.”

Russian grasslands — TH Group's raw material field in the Russian Federation. Photo: TH

With the development philosophy of “Cherishing Mother Nature, humans are the subject, on the basis of sustainable development”, Labor Hero Thai Huong aims to make TH a national brand of the Russian Federation of international stature, contributing to a strong and prosperous Russia, while at the same time strengthening the Vietnam-Russia friendship bond with green, transparent and humane economic values.

The moment President Putin awarded the Friendship Medal to Ms. Thai Huong, therefore, not only honored a Vietnamese woman, but also affirmed Vietnam's mettle in the new era: integrating with true values, contributing with knowledge and spreading with humanity.

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