Meaning of VINEP in global nutrition contexts

In 2011, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. launched "Vietnam Nutrition System Establishment Project (VINEP) "with the National Institute of Nutrition of Viet Nam, and four years dietitian training course was started at Hanoi Medical University in 2013. The Japan Dietetic Association, Jumonji University, Kanagawa University of Human Service, and others cooperated in the projects, and the first 43 dietitians were fostered in Viet Nam in 2017. In 2022, there are 12 universities conducting dietitian training courses in Viet Nam. Furthermore, the Ajinomoto Foundation has been continuing this project since 2017, and supporting the creation of a sustainable education system that will enable dietitians to play an active role. The results of VINEP that are: 1) the dietitian training course has been established. 2) the job code has been established. 3) the Vietnamese Dietetic Association (VDA) has been established. 4) the regulation of one dietitian pers 100 beds in hospital was approved by government. In order for the newly fostered dietitians to play an active role in improving the health of people in Viet Nam, the nutrition education system still needs to be improved. In countries where nutrition education systems have not been established, establishing a nutrition education system and taking on the roles of maintaining and promoting the health, preventing and treating diseases, and preventing nursing care of the people will greatly contribute to improving in global nutrition contexts.